Puerto Rican vs Immigrants from Nicaragua Wage/Income Gap

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 527,155,694 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Puerto Ricans and wage/income gap percentage in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.524 and weighted average of 18.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 236,266,480 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Nicaragua and wage/income gap percentage in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.210 and weighted average of 23.0%, a difference of 22.8%.

Wage/Income Gap Correlation Summary

Measurement	Puerto Rican	Immigrants from Nicaragua
Minimum	0.0036%	1.2%
Maximum	43.5%	60.0%
Range	43.5%	58.8%
Mean	18.6%	24.9%
Median	20.0%	22.8%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	13.4%	19.6%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	24.3%	28.0%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	10.9%	8.4%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	8.4%	10.8%
Standard Deviation (Population)	8.3%	10.7%

Similar Demographics by Wage/Income Gap

Demographics Similar to Puerto Ricans by Wage/Income Gap

In terms of wage/income gap, the demographic groups most similar to Puerto Ricans are Immigrants from Jamaica (18.8%, a difference of 0.63%), Barbadian (19.0%, a difference of 1.3%), Crow (19.1%, a difference of 1.8%), Immigrants from Guyana (18.4%, a difference of 2.0%), and Guyanese (18.3%, a difference of 2.3%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Wage/Income Gap
Immigrants \| Grenada	100.0 /100 \| #1	Exceptional 16.2%
Immigrants \| St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100.0 /100 \| #2	Exceptional 16.4%
Immigrants \| Barbados	100.0 /100 \| #3	Exceptional 17.8%
British West Indians	100.0 /100 \| #4	Exceptional 18.0%
Guyanese	100.0 /100 \| #5	Exceptional 18.3%
Immigrants \| Guyana	100.0 /100 \| #6	Exceptional 18.4%
Puerto Ricans	100.0 /100 \| #7	Exceptional 18.7%
Immigrants \| Jamaica	100.0 /100 \| #8	Exceptional 18.8%
Barbadians	100.0 /100 \| #9	Exceptional 19.0%
Crow	100.0 /100 \| #10	Exceptional 19.1%
Immigrants \| Haiti	100.0 /100 \| #11	Exceptional 19.2%
Immigrants \| West Indies	100.0 /100 \| #12	Exceptional 19.2%
Trinidadians and Tobagonians	100.0 /100 \| #13	Exceptional 19.3%
Immigrants \| Trinidad and Tobago	100.0 /100 \| #14	Exceptional 19.3%
West Indians	100.0 /100 \| #15	Exceptional 19.6%

Demographics Similar to Immigrants from Nicaragua by Wage/Income Gap

In terms of wage/income gap, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Nicaragua are Salvadoran (23.0%, a difference of 0.070%), Nigerian (23.0%, a difference of 0.090%), African (22.9%, a difference of 0.19%), Ecuadorian (22.9%, a difference of 0.33%), and Fijian (22.9%, a difference of 0.34%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Wage/Income Gap
Sub-Saharan Africans	99.9 /100 \| #72	Exceptional 22.8%
Immigrants \| Eastern Africa	99.9 /100 \| #73	Exceptional 22.8%
Immigrants \| Burma/Myanmar	99.9 /100 \| #74	Exceptional 22.8%
Fijians	99.9 /100 \| #75	Exceptional 22.9%
Ecuadorians	99.9 /100 \| #76	Exceptional 22.9%
Africans	99.9 /100 \| #77	Exceptional 22.9%
Nigerians	99.9 /100 \| #78	Exceptional 23.0%
Immigrants \| Nicaragua	99.9 /100 \| #79	Exceptional 23.0%
Salvadorans	99.9 /100 \| #80	Exceptional 23.0%
Bermudans	99.8 /100 \| #81	Exceptional 23.1%
Central Americans	99.8 /100 \| #82	Exceptional 23.1%
Immigrants \| Africa	99.8 /100 \| #83	Exceptional 23.2%
Cubans	99.7 /100 \| #84	Exceptional 23.3%
Immigrants \| Cambodia	99.7 /100 \| #85	Exceptional 23.3%
Cheyenne	99.7 /100 \| #86	Exceptional 23.3%