Cuban vs Immigrants from Yemen Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 447,765,470 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Cubans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.493 and weighted average of 18.2%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 82,428,018 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Yemen and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.190 and weighted average of 21.6%, a difference of 18.7%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Cubans are Immigrants from Haiti (18.2%, a difference of 0.11%), Apache (18.3%, a difference of 0.31%), Colville (18.3%, a difference of 0.52%), Immigrants from Dominica (18.4%, a difference of 0.98%), and British West Indian (17.9%, a difference of 1.9%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Yemen are Hopi (21.6%, a difference of 0.41%), Tohono O'odham (21.5%, a difference of 0.78%), Yakama (21.4%, a difference of 1.0%), Dominican (21.4%, a difference of 1.3%), and Immigrants from Dominican Republic (22.1%, a difference of 2.2%).