Black/African American vs Ghanaian 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 190,218,153 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Ghanaians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.187 and weighted average of 14.0%, a difference of 23.1%.

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 Ghanaians are Spanish American (14.0%, a difference of 0.37%), Yaqui (13.9%, a difference of 0.44%), Immigrants from Cambodia (13.9%, a difference of 0.52%), Indonesian (13.9%, a difference of 0.69%), and Marshallese (14.1%, a difference of 0.97%).