Palestinian vs Bulgarian Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 216,153,739 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Palestinians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.163 and weighted average of 10.3%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 205,325,342 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Bulgarians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.048 and weighted average of 8.9%, a difference of 16.2%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Palestinians are Immigrants from Western Europe (10.3%, a difference of 0.0%), Immigrants from Europe (10.3%, a difference of 0.090%), Serbian (10.3%, a difference of 0.13%), Immigrants from Latvia (10.3%, a difference of 0.18%), and Immigrants from Hungary (10.3%, a difference of 0.19%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Bulgarians are Maltese (8.9%, a difference of 0.13%), Cypriot (8.9%, a difference of 0.19%), Okinawan (8.9%, a difference of 0.20%), Immigrants from South Central Asia (8.8%, a difference of 0.63%), and Norwegian (9.0%, a difference of 0.79%).