Black/African American vs Russian 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 509,493,528 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Russians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.497 and weighted average of 9.6%, a difference of 78.1%.

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 Russians are Immigrants from Czechoslovakia (9.6%, a difference of 0.020%), Indian (Asian) (9.6%, a difference of 0.11%), Australian (9.6%, a difference of 0.17%), Immigrants from Belgium (9.6%, a difference of 0.25%), and Lithuanian (9.7%, a difference of 0.27%).