Black/African American vs Immigrants from North America 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 460,673,345 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from North America and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.814 and weighted average of 9.8%, a difference of 75.6%.

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 North America are Chinese (9.8%, a difference of 0.090%), Immigrants from Bulgaria (9.8%, a difference of 0.12%), Immigrants from Turkey (9.8%, a difference of 0.17%), English (9.8%, a difference of 0.19%), and German (9.7%, a difference of 0.34%).