Immigrants from Jamaica vs Black/African American Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 299,624,041 people shows a slight positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Jamaica and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.084 and weighted average of 6.2%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 553,220,282 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.641 and weighted average of 6.5%, a difference of 4.2%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Jamaica are Immigrants from West Indies (6.2%, a difference of 0.040%), Alaska Native (6.2%, a difference of 0.21%), Immigrants from Bahamas (6.2%, a difference of 0.22%), Trinidadian and Tobagonian (6.2%, a difference of 0.25%), and Spanish American (6.2%, a difference of 0.69%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Guyanese (6.5%, a difference of 0.10%), Ecuadorian (6.5%, a difference of 0.47%), Dutch West Indian (6.4%, a difference of 0.51%), Ute (6.4%, a difference of 0.63%), and Seminole (6.4%, a difference of 1.0%).