Native Hawaiian vs Portuguese Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 331,508,254 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Native Hawaiians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.603 and weighted average of 12.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 448,612,640 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Portuguese and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.324 and weighted average of 12.2%, a difference of 5.2%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Native Hawaiians are Immigrants from South America (12.8%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Burma/Myanmar (12.9%, a difference of 0.36%), Immigrants from Africa (12.8%, a difference of 0.44%), Moroccan (12.8%, a difference of 0.47%), and Malaysian (12.7%, a difference of 0.87%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Portuguese are Immigrants from Costa Rica (12.2%, a difference of 0.050%), Delaware (12.2%, a difference of 0.18%), Sierra Leonean (12.2%, a difference of 0.28%), Ugandan (12.2%, a difference of 0.48%), and Immigrants from Venezuela (12.3%, a difference of 0.96%).