Native Hawaiian vs U.S. Virgin Islander 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 87,412,076 people shows a slight negative correlation between the proportion of U.S. Virgin Islanders and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.060 and weighted average of 16.5%, a difference of 28.9%.

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%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to U.S. Virgin Islanders are Barbadian (16.5%, a difference of 0.24%), Houma (16.5%, a difference of 0.50%), Immigrants from Barbados (16.6%, a difference of 0.56%), Jamaican (16.4%, a difference of 0.79%), and Immigrants from the Azores (16.4%, a difference of 0.86%).