Canadian vs U.S. Virgin Islander Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 436,119,320 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Canadians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.863 and weighted average of 10.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 87,412,076 people shows a slight negative correlation between the proportion of U.S. Virgin Islanders and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.060 and weighted average of 16.5%, a difference of 56.8%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Canadians are Immigrants from Saudi Arabia (10.5%, a difference of 0.050%), Immigrants from Nepal (10.6%, a difference of 0.16%), Scotch-Irish (10.5%, a difference of 0.22%), Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac (10.6%, a difference of 0.50%), and Icelander (10.5%, a difference of 0.52%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to U.S. Virgin Islanders are Barbadian (16.5%, a difference of 0.24%), Houma (16.5%, a difference of 0.50%), Immigrants from Barbados (16.6%, a difference of 0.56%), Jamaican (16.4%, a difference of 0.79%), and Immigrants from the Azores (16.4%, a difference of 0.86%).