Black/African American vs Somali Single Female Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 548,844,425 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and poverty level among single females in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.602 and weighted average of 26.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 99,025,014 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Somalis and poverty level among single females in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.594 and weighted average of 25.2%, a difference of 4.5%.

In terms of single female poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Arapaho (26.4%, a difference of 0.30%), Chickasaw (26.3%, a difference of 0.33%), Yup'ik (26.6%, a difference of 0.95%), Ottawa (26.0%, a difference of 1.4%), and Immigrants from Somalia (25.8%, a difference of 2.2%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Somalis are Immigrants from Congo (25.3%, a difference of 0.27%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (25.3%, a difference of 0.28%), Immigrants from Mexico (25.3%, a difference of 0.38%), Shoshone (25.1%, a difference of 0.40%), and Honduran (25.1%, a difference of 0.48%).