Black/African American vs Immigrants from Cambodia 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 205,011,401 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Cambodia and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.587 and weighted average of 13.9%, a difference of 23.7%.

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 Immigrants from Cambodia are Yaqui (13.9%, a difference of 0.070%), Indonesian (13.9%, a difference of 0.17%), Ghanaian (14.0%, a difference of 0.52%), Immigrants from Laos (13.8%, a difference of 0.80%), and Spanish American (14.0%, a difference of 0.89%).