Swedish vs Maltese Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 536,141,990 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Swedes and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.489 and weighted average of 9.2%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 126,326,632 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Maltese and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.227 and weighted average of 8.9%, a difference of 3.3%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Swedes are Immigrants from Ireland (9.2%, a difference of 0.20%), Bhutanese (9.2%, a difference of 0.24%), Czech (9.2%, a difference of 0.25%), Immigrants from Northern Europe (9.2%, a difference of 0.30%), and Eastern European (9.2%, a difference of 0.32%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Maltese are Bulgarian (8.9%, a difference of 0.13%), Okinawan (8.9%, a difference of 0.33%), Cypriot (8.9%, a difference of 0.33%), Norwegian (9.0%, a difference of 0.66%), and Immigrants from South Central Asia (8.8%, a difference of 0.77%).