Updated: 4:17 PM PST, March 02, 2021 Black and Hispanic Americans are twice as likely to need COVID-19 stimulus checks to pay their rents and their mortgages as compared to white Americans, a new study showed. Black and Hispanic Americans are twice as likely to need COVID-19 stimulus checks to pay their rents and their mortgages as compared to white Americans, a new study showed. Half of the Black Americans polled said they are counting on another round of government financial assistance in order to get by, as compared to 22% of white respondents, the CNBC + Acorns Invest in Your survey revealed. Forty percent of Hispanics and 31% of Asian Americans said they will rely on government financial assistance to make ends meet.