Trinidadian and Tobagonian vs Jamaican Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 219,495,740 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Trinidadians and Tobagonians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.298 and weighted average of 16.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 367,071,648 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.552 and weighted average of 16.4%, a difference of 2.7%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Trinidadians and Tobagonians are Immigrants from Bangladesh (15.9%, a difference of 0.45%), Hispanic or Latino (15.8%, a difference of 0.89%), Immigrants from West Indies (16.1%, a difference of 0.94%), Nicaraguan (16.1%, a difference of 1.0%), and Immigrants from Trinidad and Tobago (15.8%, a difference of 1.2%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Immigrants from the Azores (16.4%, a difference of 0.070%), Houma (16.5%, a difference of 0.29%), Barbadian (16.5%, a difference of 0.55%), U.S. Virgin Islander (16.5%, a difference of 0.79%), and West Indian (16.3%, a difference of 0.94%).