Houma vs Senegalese Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 36,773,946 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Houma and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.581 and weighted average of 16.5%. 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 6.9%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Houma are Barbadian (16.5%, a difference of 0.26%), Jamaican (16.4%, a difference of 0.29%), Immigrants from the Azores (16.4%, a difference of 0.35%), West Indian (16.3%, a difference of 1.2%), and Nicaraguan (16.1%, a difference of 1.9%). 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 Vietnamese (15.7%, a difference of 1.8%).