Native Hawaiian vs South American 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 491,814,121 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of South Americans 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 12.4%, a difference of 3.2%.

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 Hawaiian (12.9%, a difference of 0.73%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to South Americans are Immigrants from Thailand (12.4%, a difference of 0.26%), Aleut (12.4%, a difference of 0.33%), Potawatomi (12.5%, a difference of 0.36%), Nonimmigrants (12.4%, a difference of 0.39%), and Shoshone (12.4%, a difference of 0.42%).