Haitian vs Dominican Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 287,415,058 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Haitians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.599 and weighted average of 17.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 353,995,756 people shows a strong positive correlation between the proportion of Dominicans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.702 and weighted average of 21.4%, a difference of 20.1%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Haitians are Immigrants from Grenada (17.8%, a difference of 0.010%), British West Indian (17.9%, a difference of 0.59%), Immigrants from Haiti (18.2%, a difference of 2.4%), Cuban (18.2%, a difference of 2.5%), and Apache (18.3%, a difference of 2.8%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Dominicans are Yakama (21.4%, a difference of 0.26%), Tohono O'odham (21.5%, a difference of 0.52%), Cape Verdean (21.1%, a difference of 1.4%), Navajo (21.1%, a difference of 1.5%), and Immigrants from Cuba (20.8%, a difference of 2.6%).