Black/African American vs Immigrants from Kenya 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 217,816,837 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Kenya and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.683 and weighted average of 11.8%, a difference of 45.5%.

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 Kenya are Uruguayan (11.8%, a difference of 0.22%), German Russian (11.8%, a difference of 0.24%), Immigrants from Ukraine (11.8%, a difference of 0.28%), Peruvian (11.7%, a difference of 0.41%), and Osage (11.7%, a difference of 0.48%).