Eastern European vs Spanish American Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 459,222,528 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Eastern Europeans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.524 and weighted average of 9.2%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 103,122,620 people shows a strong positive correlation between the proportion of Spanish Americans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.779 and weighted average of 14.0%, a difference of 52.8%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Eastern Europeans are Immigrants from Northern Europe (9.2%, a difference of 0.020%), Immigrants from Australia (9.2%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Ireland (9.2%, a difference of 0.13%), Swedish (9.2%, a difference of 0.32%), and Luxembourger (9.1%, a difference of 0.36%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Spanish Americans are Ghanaian (14.0%, a difference of 0.37%), Marshallese (14.1%, a difference of 0.60%), Subsaharan African (14.1%, a difference of 0.61%), Japanese (14.1%, a difference of 0.63%), and Arapaho (14.1%, a difference of 0.73%).