Black/African American vs Immigrants from Turkey 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 222,535,974 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Turkey and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.194 and weighted average of 9.8%, a difference of 75.3%.

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 Turkey are Immigrants from North America (9.8%, a difference of 0.17%), Slovene (9.8%, a difference of 0.20%), Chinese (9.8%, a difference of 0.26%), Immigrants from Bulgaria (9.8%, a difference of 0.28%), and English (9.8%, a difference of 0.36%).