Black/African American vs Immigrants from Greece 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 216,550,316 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Greece and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.530 and weighted average of 10.3%, a difference of 67.4%.

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 Greece are Basque (10.3%, a difference of 0.030%), Welsh (10.3%, a difference of 0.080%), Czechoslovakian (10.3%, a difference of 0.34%), Immigrants from Egypt (10.3%, a difference of 0.39%), and Belgian (10.2%, a difference of 0.53%).