Black/African American vs Immigrants from Latvia 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 113,573,789 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Latvia and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.502 and weighted average of 10.3%, a difference of 66.0%.

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 Latvia are Immigrants from Hungary (10.3%, a difference of 0.010%), Immigrants from Europe (10.3%, a difference of 0.10%), Immigrants from Western Europe (10.3%, a difference of 0.18%), Palestinian (10.3%, a difference of 0.18%), and Serbian (10.3%, a difference of 0.31%).