Icelander vs Immigrants from Europe 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 544,262,616 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Europe and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.410 and weighted average of 10.3%, a difference of 1.5%.

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%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Europe are Immigrants from Western Europe (10.3%, a difference of 0.090%), Palestinian (10.3%, a difference of 0.090%), Immigrants from Latvia (10.3%, a difference of 0.10%), Immigrants from Hungary (10.3%, a difference of 0.11%), and Serbian (10.3%, a difference of 0.21%).