Black/African American vs Immigrants from Philippines 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 469,841,881 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Philippines and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.013 and weighted average of 10.7%, a difference of 61.2%.

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 Philippines are Paraguayan (10.7%, a difference of 0.21%), Sri Lankan (10.6%, a difference of 0.25%), Ukrainian (10.7%, a difference of 0.29%), Slavic (10.6%, a difference of 0.33%), and Immigrants from Poland (10.6%, a difference of 0.36%).