Black/African American vs Filipino 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 253,674,790 people shows a slight negative correlation between the proportion of Filipinos and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.099 and weighted average of 7.4%, a difference of 132.2%.

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 Filipinos are Immigrants from India (7.4%, a difference of 0.28%), Immigrants from Taiwan (7.3%, a difference of 1.1%), Iranian (7.9%, a difference of 7.3%), Thai (8.1%, a difference of 9.7%), and Immigrants from Singapore (8.3%, a difference of 12.3%).