Black/African American vs Immigrants from Ethiopia 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 211,250,124 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Ethiopia and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.115 and weighted average of 10.7%, a difference of 60.4%.

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 Ethiopia are Immigrants from Jordan (10.7%, a difference of 0.010%), Yugoslavian (10.7%, a difference of 0.010%), Afghan (10.7%, a difference of 0.020%), Israeli (10.7%, a difference of 0.11%), and French (10.7%, a difference of 0.11%).