Palestinian vs Ethiopian Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 216,153,739 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Palestinians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.163 and weighted average of 10.3%. Similarly, 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%, a difference of 2.8%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Palestinians are Immigrants from Western Europe (10.3%, a difference of 0.0%), Immigrants from Europe (10.3%, a difference of 0.090%), Immigrants from Latvia (10.3%, a difference of 0.18%), Immigrants from Hungary (10.3%, a difference of 0.19%), and Immigrants from Malaysia (10.4%, a difference of 0.52%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Ethiopians are Immigrants from Poland (10.6%, a difference of 0.0%), Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac (10.6%, a difference of 0.17%), Immigrants from Nepal (10.6%, a difference of 0.50%), Canadian (10.5%, a difference of 0.67%), and Immigrants from Saudi Arabia (10.5%, a difference of 0.71%).