Navajo vs Central American Indian Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 224,653,325 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Navajo and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.585 and weighted average of 21.1%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 325,864,154 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Central American Indians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.688 and weighted average of 17.1%, a difference of 23.3%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Navajo are Immigrants from Cuba (20.8%, a difference of 1.1%), Yuman (20.2%, a difference of 4.1%), Inupiat (20.1%, a difference of 5.0%), Pueblo (19.9%, a difference of 5.8%), and Immigrants from Caribbean (19.6%, a difference of 7.4%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Central American Indians are Black/African American (17.2%, a difference of 0.53%), Menominee (17.2%, a difference of 0.70%), Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (17.2%, a difference of 0.88%), Immigrants from Nicaragua (17.2%, a difference of 0.96%), and Native/Alaskan (17.3%, a difference of 1.1%).