Black/African American vs Immigrants from Panama 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 221,020,717 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Panama and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.401 and weighted average of 13.6%, a difference of 25.9%.

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 Panama are Choctaw (13.6%, a difference of 0.18%), Somali (13.7%, a difference of 0.19%), Cajun (13.7%, a difference of 0.35%), Immigrants from Somalia (13.7%, a difference of 0.39%), and Iroquois (13.5%, a difference of 0.62%).