Black/African American vs Senegalese 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 78,101,043 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Senegalese and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.334 and weighted average of 15.4%, a difference of 11.6%.

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 Senegalese are Immigrants from Senegal (15.3%, a difference of 0.27%), Honduran (15.5%, a difference of 1.0%), Immigrants from Belize (15.2%, a difference of 1.0%), Alaska Native (15.6%, a difference of 1.5%), and Immigrants from Mexico (15.2%, a difference of 1.5%).