Immigrants from Western Asia vs Central American Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 400,576,171 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Western Asia and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.635 and weighted average of 6.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 497,895,847 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Central Americans and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.482 and weighted average of 6.7%, a difference of 13.1%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Western Asia are African (6.0%, a difference of 0.090%), Immigrants from Somalia (6.0%, a difference of 0.15%), Comanche (6.0%, a difference of 0.30%), Immigrants from Ghana (5.9%, a difference of 0.64%), and Bangladeshi (6.0%, a difference of 0.80%).

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Central Americans are Immigrants from Ecuador (6.7%, a difference of 0.14%), Immigrants from El Salvador (6.8%, a difference of 0.42%), Immigrants from Belize (6.7%, a difference of 0.60%), Nicaraguan (6.7%, a difference of 0.75%), and Cuban (6.8%, a difference of 0.86%).