Black/African American vs Immigrants from Chile 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 218,329,449 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Chile and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.152 and weighted average of 11.5%, a difference of 49.5%.

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 Immigrants from Chile are Arab (11.5%, a difference of 0.050%), Immigrants from Southern Europe (11.5%, a difference of 0.12%), Immigrants from Belarus (11.5%, a difference of 0.35%), Alsatian (11.4%, a difference of 0.48%), and Pennsylvania German (11.4%, a difference of 0.55%).