Black/African American vs Immigrants from Caribbean Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 562,121,260 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and poverty level among families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.860 and weighted average of 13.3%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 448,312,225 people shows a slight positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Caribbean and poverty level among families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.052 and weighted average of 12.2%, a difference of 9.4%.

In terms of family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Central American Indian (13.3%, a difference of 0.17%), Yakama (13.1%, a difference of 1.8%), Colville (13.0%, a difference of 2.5%), Paiute (13.0%, a difference of 2.6%), and Immigrants from Dominica (12.7%, a difference of 4.6%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Caribbean are Kiowa (12.2%, a difference of 0.50%), Immigrants from Central America (12.1%, a difference of 0.68%), Immigrants from Mexico (12.3%, a difference of 0.76%), Ute (12.1%, a difference of 1.1%), and Honduran (12.4%, a difference of 1.5%).