Black/African American vs Immigrants from Eastern Europe 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 473,642,116 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Eastern Europe and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.338 and weighted average of 10.8%, a difference of 58.3%.

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 Europe are Slovak (10.8%, a difference of 0.020%), Argentinean (10.8%, a difference of 0.19%), Immigrants from Brazil (10.8%, a difference of 0.21%), Immigrants from Russia (10.8%, a difference of 0.51%), and Immigrants from Moldova (10.9%, a difference of 0.51%).