Salvadoran vs Malaysian Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 398,082,063 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Salvadorans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.226 and weighted average of 13.2%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 225,895,632 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Malaysians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.046 and weighted average of 12.7%, a difference of 3.9%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Salvadorans are Immigrants from Nigeria (13.1%, a difference of 0.73%), Puget Sound Salish (13.1%, a difference of 0.77%), Ottawa (13.1%, a difference of 0.82%), Panamanian (13.1%, a difference of 0.83%), and Nigerian (13.1%, a difference of 0.84%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Malaysians are Moroccan (12.8%, a difference of 0.40%), Immigrants from Africa (12.8%, a difference of 0.43%), Native Hawaiian (12.8%, a difference of 0.87%), Immigrants from South America (12.8%, a difference of 0.98%), and Immigrants from Burma/Myanmar (12.9%, a difference of 1.2%).