Jamaican vs Alaska Native Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 367,071,648 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.552 and weighted average of 16.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 76,703,689 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Alaska Natives and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.495 and weighted average of 15.6%, a difference of 5.1%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Immigrants from the Azores (16.4%, a difference of 0.070%), Houma (16.5%, a difference of 0.29%), Barbadian (16.5%, a difference of 0.55%), U.S. Virgin Islander (16.5%, a difference of 0.79%), and West Indian (16.3%, a difference of 0.94%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Alaska Natives are Vietnamese (15.7%, a difference of 0.30%), Immigrants from Latin America (15.7%, a difference of 0.41%), Honduran (15.5%, a difference of 0.44%), Immigrants from Honduras (15.7%, a difference of 0.74%), and Tsimshian (15.7%, a difference of 0.75%).