Jamaican vs African Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 367,071,648 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.552 and weighted average of 16.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 468,859,101 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Africans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.577 and weighted average of 15.1%, a difference of 8.5%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Immigrants from the Azores (16.4%, a difference of 0.070%), West Indian (16.3%, a difference of 0.94%), Nicaraguan (16.1%, a difference of 1.6%), Immigrants from West Indies (16.1%, a difference of 1.7%), and Trinidadian and Tobagonian (16.0%, a difference of 2.7%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Africans are Immigrants from Mexico (15.2%, a difference of 0.23%), Immigrants from Belize (15.2%, a difference of 0.69%), Immigrants from Senegal (15.3%, a difference of 1.5%), Senegalese (15.4%, a difference of 1.8%), and Honduran (15.5%, a difference of 2.8%).