Black/African American vs Immigrants from Congo 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 92,058,964 people shows a slight negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Congo and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.053 and weighted average of 14.1%, a difference of 21.3%.

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 Congo are Central American (14.1%, a difference of 0.010%), Creek (14.1%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Ghana (14.1%, a difference of 0.23%), Arapaho (14.1%, a difference of 0.31%), and Japanese (14.1%, a difference of 0.41%).