Brazilian vs Black/African American Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 322,932,120 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Brazilians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.184 and weighted average of 11.1%. Similarly, 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%, a difference of 54.9%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Brazilians are Immigrants from South Eastern Asia (11.1%, a difference of 0.020%), Soviet Union (11.1%, a difference of 0.020%), White/Caucasian (11.1%, a difference of 0.18%), Taiwanese (11.0%, a difference of 0.28%), and Immigrants from Spain (11.1%, a difference of 0.38%).

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%).