Sierra Leonean vs South American Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 83,310,136 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Sierra Leoneans and poverty level among families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.391 and weighted average of 9.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 491,953,900 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of South Americans and poverty level among families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.151 and weighted average of 9.3%, a difference of 2.4%.

In terms of family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Sierra Leoneans are Immigrants from Eastern Africa (9.5%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Uruguay (9.5%, a difference of 0.40%), Immigrants from South America (9.5%, a difference of 0.53%), Aleut (9.5%, a difference of 0.54%), and Immigrants from Lebanon (9.4%, a difference of 0.73%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to South Americans are Immigrants from Western Asia (9.3%, a difference of 0.020%), Spanish (9.3%, a difference of 0.090%), Ugandan (9.3%, a difference of 0.10%), Venezuelan (9.3%, a difference of 0.12%), and Immigrants from Venezuela (9.3%, a difference of 0.33%).