Sierra Leonean vs 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 576,491,417 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Americans and poverty level among families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.514 and weighted average of 9.8%, a difference of 3.2%.

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 Americans are Moroccan (9.8%, a difference of 0.20%), Nonimmigrants (9.8%, a difference of 0.26%), Immigrants from Micronesia (9.8%, a difference of 0.29%), Panamanian (9.8%, a difference of 0.32%), and Immigrants from Eritrea (9.9%, a difference of 0.44%).