Scotch-Irish vs Welsh Receiving Food Stamps

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%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 526,059,303 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Welsh and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.530 and weighted average of 10.3%, a difference of 2.5%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Scotch-Irish are Immigrants from Saudi Arabia (10.5%, a difference of 0.18%), Icelander (10.5%, a difference of 0.30%), Mongolian (10.5%, a difference of 0.68%), Romanian (10.4%, a difference of 0.69%), and Pakistani (10.4%, a difference of 0.79%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Welsh are Basque (10.3%, a difference of 0.050%), Czechoslovakian (10.3%, a difference of 0.26%), Immigrants from Egypt (10.3%, a difference of 0.31%), Serbian (10.3%, a difference of 0.49%), and Immigrants from Western Europe (10.3%, a difference of 0.61%).