Houma vs British West Indian Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 36,773,946 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Houma and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.581 and weighted average of 16.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 152,421,558 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of British West Indians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.116 and weighted average of 17.9%, a difference of 8.7%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Houma are Barbadian (16.5%, a difference of 0.26%), Jamaican (16.4%, a difference of 0.29%), Immigrants from the Azores (16.4%, a difference of 0.35%), U.S. Virgin Islander (16.5%, a difference of 0.50%), and Immigrants from Barbados (16.6%, a difference of 1.1%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to British West Indians are Immigrants from Grenada (17.8%, a difference of 0.59%), Haitian (17.8%, a difference of 0.59%), Immigrants from Haiti (18.2%, a difference of 1.8%), Native/Alaskan (17.3%, a difference of 3.5%), and Immigrants from Nicaragua (17.2%, a difference of 3.7%).