Black/African American vs French Canadian 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 500,490,947 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of French Canadians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.292 and weighted average of 11.4%, a difference of 50.6%.

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 French Canadians are Immigrants from Oceania (11.4%, a difference of 0.16%), Pennsylvania German (11.4%, a difference of 0.18%), Alsatian (11.4%, a difference of 0.25%), Immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina (11.3%, a difference of 0.55%), and Immigrants from Southern Europe (11.5%, a difference of 0.61%).