Black/African American vs Trinidadian and Tobagonian 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 219,495,740 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Trinidadians and Tobagonians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.298 and weighted average of 16.0%, a difference of 7.4%.

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%), Central American Indian (17.1%, a difference of 0.53%), Bahamian (17.0%, a difference of 0.98%), and Immigrants from Guyana (16.9%, a difference of 1.5%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Trinidadians and Tobagonians are Immigrants from Bangladesh (15.9%, a difference of 0.45%), Hispanic or Latino (15.8%, a difference of 0.89%), Immigrants from West Indies (16.1%, a difference of 0.94%), Nicaraguan (16.1%, a difference of 1.0%), and West Indian (16.3%, a difference of 1.7%).