Pima vs Black/African American Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 61,500,304 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Pima and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.335 and weighted average of 19.0%. 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 10.4%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Pima are Immigrants from Dominica (18.4%, a difference of 3.0%), Immigrants from Caribbean (19.6%, a difference of 3.4%), Colville (18.3%, a difference of 3.5%), Apache (18.3%, a difference of 3.7%), and Cuban (18.2%, a difference of 4.1%). Similarly, 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%).