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To put it in the words of the U.S. government....
"The likelihood of receiving means-tested assistance varied among race and ethnic groups. In 1994, the average number of Whites receiving assistance per month, 26 million, was far greater than the number of Blacks, 12 million. However, the average monthly participation rate was higher for Blacks (36.0 percent) than for Whites (11.8 percent), as shown in Figure 4 . In addition, Blacks were more likely than Whites to participate in each month of the period 1993-1994: 27.0 percent of Blacks, compared with 6.9 percent of Whites. "
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