Black/African American vs Spaniard 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 442,043,399 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Spaniards and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.212 and weighted average of 11.9%, a difference of 44.2%.

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 Spaniards are Immigrants from Uganda (11.9%, a difference of 0.080%), Immigrants from Morocco (11.9%, a difference of 0.13%), South American Indian (11.9%, a difference of 0.28%), Immigrants from Iraq (12.0%, a difference of 0.38%), and Spanish (12.0%, a difference of 0.42%).