Ghanaian vs Subsaharan African Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 190,218,153 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Ghanaians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.187 and weighted average of 14.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 506,389,803 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.630 and weighted average of 14.1%, a difference of 0.98%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Ghanaians are Spanish American (14.0%, a difference of 0.37%), Yaqui (13.9%, a difference of 0.44%), Immigrants from Cambodia (13.9%, a difference of 0.52%), Indonesian (13.9%, a difference of 0.69%), and Marshallese (14.1%, a difference of 0.97%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Marshallese (14.1%, a difference of 0.010%), Japanese (14.1%, a difference of 0.020%), Arapaho (14.1%, a difference of 0.12%), Immigrants from Ghana (14.1%, a difference of 0.20%), and Creek (14.1%, a difference of 0.33%).