Black/African American vs European Receiving Food Stamps

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%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 558,520,577 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Europeans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.693 and weighted average of 9.5%, a difference of 80.8%.

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%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Europeans are Estonian (9.5%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Austria (9.5%, a difference of 0.090%), Turkish (9.5%, a difference of 0.12%), Zimbabwean (9.5%, a difference of 0.13%), and Immigrants from Sri Lanka (9.5%, a difference of 0.29%).