Marshallese vs Immigrants from Zaire Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 14,761,315 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Marshallese and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.463 and weighted average of 14.1%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 107,223,376 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Zaire and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.605 and weighted average of 13.4%, a difference of 5.4%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Marshallese are Spanish American (14.0%, a difference of 0.60%), Ghanaian (14.0%, a difference of 0.97%), Yaqui (13.9%, a difference of 1.4%), Immigrants from Cambodia (13.9%, a difference of 1.5%), and Indonesian (13.9%, a difference of 1.7%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Zaire are Crow (13.4%, a difference of 0.44%), Immigrants from El Salvador (13.5%, a difference of 0.67%), Comanche (13.3%, a difference of 0.77%), French American Indian (13.5%, a difference of 0.87%), and Immigrants from Micronesia (13.5%, a difference of 1.1%).