Moroccan vs American Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 201,594,940 people shows a slight negative correlation between the proportion of Moroccans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.097 and weighted average of 12.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 578,010,429 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Americans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.484 and weighted average of 12.2%, a difference of 5.0%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Moroccans are Immigrants from Africa (12.8%, a difference of 0.030%), Malaysian (12.7%, a difference of 0.40%), Colombian (12.6%, a difference of 1.0%), Immigrants from Uruguay (12.5%, a difference of 1.9%), and Immigrants from Sierra Leone (12.5%, a difference of 1.9%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Americans are Iraqi (12.2%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Sudan (12.1%, a difference of 0.060%), Delaware (12.2%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Costa Rica (12.2%, a difference of 0.24%), and Portuguese (12.2%, a difference of 0.29%).