Black/African American vs Salvadoran 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 398,082,063 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Salvadorans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.226 and weighted average of 13.2%, a difference of 30.0%.

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 Salvadorans are Cherokee (13.2%, a difference of 0.26%), Comanche (13.3%, a difference of 0.38%), Immigrants from Nigeria (13.1%, a difference of 0.73%), Puget Sound Salish (13.1%, a difference of 0.77%), and Ottawa (13.1%, a difference of 0.82%).