Immigrants from South America vs Scotch-Irish Median Family Income

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 485,794,963 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from South America and median family income in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.325 and weighted average of $100,414. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 547,821,252 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Scotch-Irish and median family income in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.179 and weighted average of $99,591, a difference of 0.83%.

In terms of median family income, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from South America are Samoan ($100,344, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Cameroon ($100,289, a difference of 0.12%), Immigrants from Africa ($100,256, a difference of 0.16%), Iraqi ($100,658, a difference of 0.24%), and Uruguayan ($100,656, a difference of 0.24%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Scotch-Irish are White/Caucasian ($99,800, a difference of 0.21%), Immigrants from Thailand ($99,840, a difference of 0.25%), Spanish ($99,977, a difference of 0.39%), Yugoslavian ($100,119, a difference of 0.53%), and Immigrants from Africa ($100,256, a difference of 0.67%).