Dutch West Indian vs Subsaharan African Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 85,754,540 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Dutch West Indians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.253 and weighted average of 14.3%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 506,389,803 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.630 and weighted average of 14.1%, a difference of 1.7%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Dutch West Indians are Cheyenne (14.3%, a difference of 0.22%), Blackfeet (14.3%, a difference of 0.30%), Immigrants from Uzbekistan (14.3%, a difference of 0.36%), Paiute (14.3%, a difference of 0.45%), and Immigrants from Portugal (14.3%, a difference of 0.45%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Marshallese (14.1%, a difference of 0.010%), Japanese (14.1%, a difference of 0.020%), Arapaho (14.1%, a difference of 0.12%), Immigrants from Ghana (14.1%, a difference of 0.20%), and Creek (14.1%, a difference of 0.33%).