Immigrants from Latin America vs Subsaharan African Child Poverty Under the Age of 5

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 523,296,541 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Latin America and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.163 and weighted average of 21.2%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 484,697,114 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.819 and weighted average of 20.8%, a difference of 2.3%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 5, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Latin America are Haitian (21.2%, a difference of 0.080%), Immigrants from Zaire (21.3%, a difference of 0.090%), Immigrants from Senegal (21.3%, a difference of 0.27%), Immigrants from Haiti (21.3%, a difference of 0.34%), and Somali (21.1%, a difference of 0.55%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Immigrants from Grenada (20.7%, a difference of 0.37%), Immigrants from West Indies (20.7%, a difference of 0.39%), French American Indian (20.8%, a difference of 0.41%), West Indian (20.6%, a difference of 0.56%), and Senegalese (20.9%, a difference of 0.64%).