Black/African American vs Burmese 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 463,413,617 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Burmese and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.435 and weighted average of 8.6%, a difference of 98.5%.

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 Burmese are Immigrants from Korea (8.7%, a difference of 0.16%), Immigrants from South Central Asia (8.8%, a difference of 2.1%), Okinawan (8.9%, a difference of 2.5%), Cypriot (8.9%, a difference of 2.6%), and Bulgarian (8.9%, a difference of 2.8%).