Afghan vs Immigrants from South Central Asia Wage/Income Gap

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 148,863,238 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Afghans and wage/income gap percentage in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.191 and weighted average of 24.9%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 472,660,484 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from South Central Asia and wage/income gap percentage in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.385 and weighted average of 29.3%, a difference of 17.6%.

Wage/Income Gap Correlation Summary

Measurement	Afghan	Immigrants from South Central Asia
Minimum	0.35%	5.2%
Maximum	64.3%	59.4%
Range	63.9%	54.2%
Mean	26.3%	34.9%
Median	25.0%	34.6%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	20.8%	28.1%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	31.1%	41.3%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	10.3%	13.2%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	12.3%	9.3%
Standard Deviation (Population)	12.2%	9.2%

Similar Demographics by Wage/Income Gap

Demographics Similar to Afghans by Wage/Income Gap

In terms of wage/income gap, the demographic groups most similar to Afghans are Immigrants from Uganda (24.9%, a difference of 0.020%), Chippewa (25.0%, a difference of 0.19%), Hawaiian (24.9%, a difference of 0.20%), Immigrants from Nepal (24.9%, a difference of 0.21%), and Hispanic or Latino (24.9%, a difference of 0.24%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Wage/Income Gap
South American Indians	92.0 /100 \| #135	Exceptional 24.7%
Armenians	91.3 /100 \| #136	Exceptional 24.8%
Immigrants \| South Eastern Asia	90.9 /100 \| #137	Exceptional 24.8%
Immigrants \| Bosnia and Herzegovina	90.1 /100 \| #138	Exceptional 24.8%
Hispanics or Latinos	89.5 /100 \| #139	Excellent 24.9%
Immigrants \| Nepal	89.3 /100 \| #140	Excellent 24.9%
Hawaiians	89.3 /100 \| #141	Excellent 24.9%
Afghans	88.1 /100 \| #142	Excellent 24.9%
Immigrants \| Uganda	88.0 /100 \| #143	Excellent 24.9%
Chippewa	86.9 /100 \| #144	Excellent 25.0%
Comanche	85.2 /100 \| #145	Excellent 25.0%
South Americans	85.2 /100 \| #146	Excellent 25.0%
Malaysians	84.9 /100 \| #147	Excellent 25.0%
Iroquois	83.9 /100 \| #148	Excellent 25.1%
Immigrants \| Peru	82.6 /100 \| #149	Excellent 25.1%

Demographics Similar to Immigrants from South Central Asia by Wage/Income Gap

In terms of wage/income gap, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from South Central Asia are European (29.4%, a difference of 0.19%), Swedish (29.4%, a difference of 0.34%), Immigrants from Taiwan (29.5%, a difference of 0.46%), English (29.5%, a difference of 0.47%), and Czech (29.2%, a difference of 0.51%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Wage/Income Gap
Hungarians	0.0 /100 \| #325	Tragic 29.0%
Immigrants \| Belgium	0.0 /100 \| #326	Tragic 29.0%
Immigrants \| Iran	0.0 /100 \| #327	Tragic 29.1%
Scandinavians	0.0 /100 \| #328	Tragic 29.1%
Scottish	0.0 /100 \| #329	Tragic 29.1%
Germans	0.0 /100 \| #330	Tragic 29.2%
Czechs	0.0 /100 \| #331	Tragic 29.2%
Immigrants \| South Central Asia	0.0 /100 \| #332	Tragic 29.3%
Europeans	0.0 /100 \| #333	Tragic 29.4%
Swedes	0.0 /100 \| #334	Tragic 29.4%
Immigrants \| Taiwan	0.0 /100 \| #335	Tragic 29.5%
English	0.0 /100 \| #336	Tragic 29.5%
Dutch	0.0 /100 \| #337	Tragic 29.6%
Filipinos	0.0 /100 \| #338	Tragic 29.7%
Iranians	0.0 /100 \| #339	Tragic 29.7%