Haitian vs Nicaraguan Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 287,415,058 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Haitians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.599 and weighted average of 17.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 285,345,977 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Nicaraguans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.145 and weighted average of 16.1%, a difference of 10.2%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Haitians are Immigrants from Grenada (17.8%, a difference of 0.010%), Native/Alaskan (17.3%, a difference of 2.9%), Immigrants from Nicaragua (17.2%, a difference of 3.1%), Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (17.2%, a difference of 3.2%), and Menominee (17.2%, a difference of 3.4%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Nicaraguans are West Indian (16.3%, a difference of 0.68%), Immigrants from the Azores (16.4%, a difference of 1.6%), Jamaican (16.4%, a difference of 1.6%), Houma (16.5%, a difference of 1.9%), and Barbadian (16.5%, a difference of 2.2%).