Black/African American vs Immigrants from Cabo Verde 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 38,130,553 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Cabo Verde and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.424 and weighted average of 23.8%, a difference of 38.9%.

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 Immigrants from Cabo Verde are Lumbee (22.9%, a difference of 4.1%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (22.1%, a difference of 7.8%), Puerto Rican (26.0%, a difference of 8.9%), Immigrants from Yemen (21.6%, a difference of 10.2%), and Hopi (21.6%, a difference of 10.6%).