Liberian vs Black/African American Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 118,008,708 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Liberians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.531 and weighted average of 14.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 562,963,519 people shows a near-perfect positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.909 and weighted average of 17.2%, a difference of 16.0%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Liberians are Seminole (14.8%, a difference of 0.050%), Belizean (14.8%, a difference of 0.18%), Kiowa (14.9%, a difference of 0.45%), Ecuadorian (14.9%, a difference of 0.50%), and Ute (14.7%, a difference of 0.71%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Menominee (17.2%, a difference of 0.17%), Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (17.2%, a difference of 0.35%), Immigrants from Nicaragua (17.2%, a difference of 0.43%), Central American Indian (17.1%, a difference of 0.53%), and Native/Alaskan (17.3%, a difference of 0.62%).