Honduran vs West Indian Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 357,240,438 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Hondurans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.243 and weighted average of 15.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 253,628,071 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of West Indians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.287 and weighted average of 16.3%, a difference of 4.5%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Hondurans are Alaska Native (15.6%, a difference of 0.44%), Vietnamese (15.7%, a difference of 0.74%), Immigrants from Latin America (15.7%, a difference of 0.85%), Senegalese (15.4%, a difference of 1.0%), and Immigrants from Honduras (15.7%, a difference of 1.2%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to West Indians are Nicaraguan (16.1%, a difference of 0.68%), Immigrants from West Indies (16.1%, a difference of 0.77%), Immigrants from the Azores (16.4%, a difference of 0.88%), Jamaican (16.4%, a difference of 0.94%), and Houma (16.5%, a difference of 1.2%).