Black/African American vs Immigrants from Bahamas 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 104,572,016 people shows a slight negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Bahamas and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.080 and weighted average of 15.8%, a difference of 9.0%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Central American Indian (17.1%, a difference of 0.53%), Bahamian (17.0%, a difference of 0.98%), Immigrants from Guyana (16.9%, a difference of 1.5%), Immigrants from Jamaica (16.9%, a difference of 1.7%), and Sioux (16.8%, a difference of 2.0%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Bahamas are Immigrants from Trinidad and Tobago (15.8%, a difference of 0.25%), Hispanic or Latino (15.8%, a difference of 0.53%), Immigrants from Bangladesh (15.9%, a difference of 0.96%), Trinidadian and Tobagonian (16.0%, a difference of 1.4%), and Immigrants from West Indies (16.1%, a difference of 2.4%).