Ethiopian vs Sierra Leonean Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 222,869,008 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Ethiopians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.386 and weighted average of 10.6%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 83,305,066 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Sierra Leoneans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.433 and weighted average of 12.2%, a difference of 15.1%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Ethiopians are Immigrants from Poland (10.6%, a difference of 0.0%), Slavic (10.6%, a difference of 0.030%), Sri Lankan (10.6%, a difference of 0.11%), Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac (10.6%, a difference of 0.17%), and Immigrants from Philippines (10.7%, a difference of 0.36%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Sierra Leoneans are Ugandan (12.2%, a difference of 0.20%), Portuguese (12.2%, a difference of 0.28%), Immigrants from Costa Rica (12.2%, a difference of 0.32%), Delaware (12.2%, a difference of 0.46%), and Iraqi (12.2%, a difference of 0.54%).