Dominican vs Puerto Rican Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 351,701,155 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Dominicans and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.441 and weighted average of 8.3%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 519,143,813 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Puerto Ricans and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.660 and weighted average of 12.6%, a difference of 52.2%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Dominicans are Central American Indian (8.3%, a difference of 0.060%), Paiute (8.3%, a difference of 0.12%), Lumbee (8.3%, a difference of 0.47%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (8.4%, a difference of 1.1%), and Native/Alaskan (8.2%, a difference of 1.4%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Puerto Ricans are Immigrants from Yemen (12.8%, a difference of 1.3%), Yup'ik (13.4%, a difference of 6.0%), Navajo (11.9%, a difference of 6.6%), Pima (11.4%, a difference of 10.8%), and Tohono O'odham (11.2%, a difference of 12.6%).