Nicaraguan vs Senegalese Receiving Food Stamps

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%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 78,101,043 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Senegalese and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.334 and weighted average of 15.4%, a difference of 4.9%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Nicaraguans are Immigrants from West Indies (16.1%, a difference of 0.090%), West Indian (16.3%, a difference of 0.68%), Trinidadian and Tobagonian (16.0%, a difference of 1.0%), Immigrants from Bangladesh (15.9%, a difference of 1.5%), and Immigrants from the Azores (16.4%, a difference of 1.6%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Senegalese are Immigrants from Senegal (15.3%, a difference of 0.27%), Honduran (15.5%, a difference of 1.0%), Immigrants from Belize (15.2%, a difference of 1.0%), Alaska Native (15.6%, a difference of 1.5%), and Immigrants from Mexico (15.2%, a difference of 1.5%).