Brazilian vs Hmong Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 322,932,120 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Brazilians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.184 and weighted average of 11.1%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 24,669,739 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Hmong and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.423 and weighted average of 10.9%, a difference of 1.6%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Brazilians are Immigrants from South Eastern Asia (11.1%, a difference of 0.020%), Soviet Union (11.1%, a difference of 0.020%), White/Caucasian (11.1%, a difference of 0.18%), Taiwanese (11.0%, a difference of 0.28%), and Immigrants from Spain (11.1%, a difference of 0.38%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Hmong are Immigrants from Moldova (10.9%, a difference of 0.040%), Celtic (10.9%, a difference of 0.20%), Immigrants from Eastern Europe (10.8%, a difference of 0.56%), Immigrants from Vietnam (11.0%, a difference of 0.56%), and Slovak (10.8%, a difference of 0.57%).