Scotch-Irish vs Basque 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 165,638,020 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Basques and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.128 and weighted average of 10.3%, a difference of 2.6%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Scotch-Irish are Icelander (10.5%, a difference of 0.30%), Mongolian (10.5%, a difference of 0.68%), Romanian (10.4%, a difference of 0.69%), Pakistani (10.4%, a difference of 0.79%), and Immigrants from Pakistan (10.4%, a difference of 1.1%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Basques are Immigrants from Greece (10.3%, a difference of 0.030%), Welsh (10.3%, a difference of 0.050%), Czechoslovakian (10.3%, a difference of 0.31%), Immigrants from Egypt (10.3%, a difference of 0.37%), and Serbian (10.3%, a difference of 0.54%).