Immigrants from Asia vs West Indian Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 538,014,921 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Asia and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.291 and weighted average of 4.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 252,794,442 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of West Indians and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.325 and weighted average of 6.4%, a difference of 31.8%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Asia are Immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.8%, a difference of 0.070%), Romanian (4.8%, a difference of 0.090%), Egyptian (4.8%, a difference of 0.14%), Jordanian (4.8%, a difference of 0.36%), and White/Caucasian (4.8%, a difference of 0.37%).

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to West Indians are Houma (6.4%, a difference of 0.050%), Immigrants from Trinidad and Tobago (6.4%, a difference of 0.29%), Mexican American Indian (6.4%, a difference of 0.51%), Seminole (6.4%, a difference of 0.51%), and Indonesian (6.3%, a difference of 0.78%).