Icelander vs Immigrants from Zaire 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 107,223,376 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Zaire and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.605 and weighted average of 13.4%, a difference of 27.4%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Icelanders are Scotch-Irish (10.5%, a difference of 0.30%), 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%), and Pakistani (10.4%, a difference of 0.49%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Zaire are Crow (13.4%, a difference of 0.44%), Immigrants from El Salvador (13.5%, a difference of 0.67%), Comanche (13.3%, a difference of 0.77%), French American Indian (13.5%, a difference of 0.87%), and Cherokee (13.2%, a difference of 0.90%).