Black/African American vs Immigrants from Eastern Asia 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 497,431,839 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Eastern Asia and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.108 and weighted average of 9.3%, a difference of 84.3%.

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 Eastern Asia are Bolivian (9.3%, a difference of 0.31%), Immigrants from Sweden (9.3%, a difference of 0.41%), Immigrants from Lithuania (9.2%, a difference of 0.78%), Czech (9.2%, a difference of 1.1%), and Bhutanese (9.2%, a difference of 1.1%).