Northern European vs American Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 404,897,441 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Northern Europeans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.400 and weighted average of 9.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 578,010,429 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Americans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.484 and weighted average of 12.2%, a difference of 23.5%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Northern Europeans are Immigrants from Indonesia (9.8%, a difference of 0.060%), Italian (9.9%, a difference of 0.21%), Slovene (9.8%, a difference of 0.22%), Immigrants from Serbia (9.9%, a difference of 0.26%), and Scottish (9.9%, a difference of 0.39%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Americans are Iraqi (12.2%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Sudan (12.1%, a difference of 0.060%), Delaware (12.2%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Fiji (12.1%, a difference of 0.18%), and Immigrants from Costa Rica (12.2%, a difference of 0.24%).