Black/African American vs Apache 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 230,963,565 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Apache and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.581 and weighted average of 18.3%, a difference of 6.5%.

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%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Apache are Colville (18.3%, a difference of 0.21%), Cuban (18.2%, a difference of 0.31%), Immigrants from Haiti (18.2%, a difference of 0.42%), Immigrants from Dominica (18.4%, a difference of 0.67%), and British West Indian (17.9%, a difference of 2.2%).