Sri Lankan vs Okinawan Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 439,146,185 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Sri Lankans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.232 and weighted average of 10.6%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 73,571,871 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Okinawans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.254 and weighted average of 8.9%, a difference of 19.8%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Sri Lankans are Slavic (10.6%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Poland (10.6%, a difference of 0.11%), Ethiopian (10.6%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Philippines (10.7%, a difference of 0.25%), and Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac (10.6%, a difference of 0.27%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Okinawans are Cypriot (8.9%, a difference of 0.010%), Bulgarian (8.9%, a difference of 0.20%), Maltese (8.9%, a difference of 0.33%), Immigrants from South Central Asia (8.8%, a difference of 0.43%), and Norwegian (9.0%, a difference of 0.99%).