Black/African American vs Immigrants from Japan 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 339,298,803 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Japan and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.022 and weighted average of 9.0%, a difference of 91.1%.

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 Immigrants from Japan are Immigrants from Scotland (9.0%, a difference of 0.15%), Norwegian (9.0%, a difference of 0.27%), Danish (9.0%, a difference of 0.61%), Maltese (8.9%, a difference of 0.93%), and Bulgarian (8.9%, a difference of 1.1%).