Icelander vs Scotch-Irish Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 159,460,125 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Icelanders and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.154 and weighted average of 10.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 546,022,543 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Scotch-Irish and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.363 and weighted average of 10.5%, a difference of 0.30%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Icelanders are Mongolian (10.5%, a difference of 0.38%), Romanian (10.4%, a difference of 0.39%), Immigrants from Saudi Arabia (10.5%, a difference of 0.48%), Pakistani (10.4%, a difference of 0.49%), and Canadian (10.5%, a difference of 0.52%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Scotch-Irish are Immigrants from Saudi Arabia (10.5%, a difference of 0.18%), Canadian (10.5%, a difference of 0.22%), Immigrants from Nepal (10.6%, a difference of 0.39%), Mongolian (10.5%, a difference of 0.68%), and Romanian (10.4%, a difference of 0.69%).