Black/African American vs Puerto Rican Wage/Income Gap

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Black/African American

Race

AsianBlack/African AmericanHawaiian Hispanic or Latino Native/Alaskan White/Caucasian

Ancestry

Afghan African Alaska Native Alaskan Athabascan Albanian Aleut Alsatian American Apache Arab Arapaho Argentinean Armenian Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Australian Austrian Bahamian Bangladeshi Barbadian Basque Belgian Belizean Bermudan Bhutanese Blackfeet Bolivian Brazilian British British West Indian Bulgarian Burmese Cajun Cambodian Canadian Cape Verdean Carpatho Rusyn Celtic Central American Central American Indian Cherokee Cheyenne Chickasaw Chilean Chinese Chippewa Choctaw Colombian Colville Comanche Costa Rican Cree Creek Croatian Crow Cuban Cypriot Czech Czechoslovakian Danish Delaware Dominican Dutch Dutch West Indian Eastern European Ecuadorian Egyptian English Estonian Ethiopian European Fijian Filipino Finnish French French American Indian French Canadian German German Russian Ghanaian Greek Guamanian/Chamorro Guatemalan Guyanese Haitian Hmong Honduran Hopi Houma Hungarian Icelander Indian (Asian)Indonesian Inupiat Iranian Iraqi Irish Iroquois Israeli Italian Jamaican Japanese Jordanian Kenyan Kiowa Korean Laotian Latvian Lebanese Liberian Lithuanian Lumbee Luxembourger Macedonian Malaysian Maltese Marshallese Menominee Mexican Mexican American Indian Mongolian Moroccan Native Hawaiian Navajo Nepalese New Zealander Nicaraguan Nigerian Northern European Norwegian Okinawan Osage Ottawa Paiute Pakistani Palestinian Panamanian Paraguayan Pennsylvania German Peruvian Pima Polish Portuguese Potawatomi Pueblo Puget Sound Salish Romanian Russian Salvadoran Samoan Scandinavian Scotch-Irish Scottish Seminole Senegalese Serbian Shoshone Sierra Leonean Sioux Slavic Slovak Slovene Somali South African South American South American Indian Soviet Union Spaniard Spanish Spanish American Spanish American Indian Sri Lankan Subsaharan African Sudanese Swedish Swiss Syrian Taiwanese Thai Tlingit-Haida Tohono O'Odham Tongan Trinidadian and Tobagonian Tsimshian Turkish U.S. Virgin Islander Ugandan Ukrainian Uruguayan Ute Venezuelan Vietnamese Welsh West Indian Yakama Yaqui Yugoslavian Yuman Yup'ik Zimbabwean

Immigration

Nonimmigrants Immigrants Afghanistan Africa Albania Argentina Armenia Asia Australia Austria Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burma/Myanmar Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Caribbean Central America Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Eritrea Ethiopia Europe Fiji France Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kuwait Laos Latin America Latvia Lebanon Liberia Lithuania Malaysia Mexico Micronesia Middle Africa Moldova Morocco Nepal Netherlands Nicaragua Nigeria North America North Macedonia Northern Africa Northern Europe Norway Oceania Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Scotland Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Somalia South Africa South America South Central Asia South Eastern Asia Southern Europe Spain Sri Lanka St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam West Indies Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe Yemen Zaire Zimbabwe Azores

Puerto Rican

Race

Asian Hawaiian Hispanic or Latino Native/Alaskan White/Caucasian

Ancestry

Afghan African Alaska Native Alaskan Athabascan Albanian Aleut Alsatian American Apache Arab Arapaho Argentinean Armenian Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Australian Austrian Bahamian Bangladeshi Barbadian Basque Belgian Belizean Bermudan Bhutanese Blackfeet Bolivian Brazilian British British West Indian Bulgarian Burmese Cajun Cambodian Canadian Cape Verdean Carpatho Rusyn Celtic Central American Central American Indian Cherokee Cheyenne Chickasaw Chilean Chinese Chippewa Choctaw Colombian Colville Comanche Costa Rican Cree Creek Croatian Crow Cuban Cypriot Czech Czechoslovakian Danish Delaware Dominican Dutch Dutch West Indian Eastern European Ecuadorian Egyptian English Estonian Ethiopian European Fijian Filipino Finnish French French American Indian French Canadian German German Russian Ghanaian Greek Guamanian/Chamorro Guatemalan Guyanese Haitian Hmong Honduran Hopi Houma Hungarian Icelander Indian (Asian)Indonesian Inupiat Iranian Iraqi Irish Iroquois Israeli Italian Jamaican Japanese Jordanian Kenyan Kiowa Korean Laotian Latvian Lebanese Liberian Lithuanian Lumbee Luxembourger Macedonian Malaysian Maltese Marshallese Menominee Mexican Mexican American Indian Mongolian Moroccan Native Hawaiian Navajo Nepalese New Zealander Nicaraguan Nigerian Northern European Norwegian Okinawan Osage Ottawa Paiute Pakistani Palestinian Panamanian Paraguayan Pennsylvania German Peruvian Pima Polish Portuguese Potawatomi PuebloPuerto RicanPuget Sound Salish Romanian Russian Salvadoran Samoan Scandinavian Scotch-Irish Scottish Seminole Senegalese Serbian Shoshone Sierra Leonean Sioux Slavic Slovak Slovene Somali South African South American South American Indian Soviet Union Spaniard Spanish Spanish American Spanish American Indian Sri Lankan Subsaharan African Sudanese Swedish Swiss Syrian Taiwanese Thai Tlingit-Haida Tohono O'Odham Tongan Trinidadian and Tobagonian Tsimshian Turkish U.S. Virgin Islander Ugandan Ukrainian Uruguayan Ute Venezuelan Vietnamese Welsh West Indian Yakama Yaqui Yugoslavian Yuman Yup'ik Zimbabwean

Immigration

Wage/Income Gap

Social Comparison

Income

Per Capita Income Median Family Income Median Household Income Median Earnings Median Male Earnings Median Female Earnings Householder Income Under 25 years Householder Income Ages 25 - 44 years Householder Income Ages 45 - 64 years Householder Income Over 65 yearsWage/Income Gap

Poverty

Poverty Family Poverty Male Poverty Female Poverty Female Poverty Among 18-24 Year Olds Female Poverty Among 25-34 Year Olds Child Poverty Under the Age of 5 Child Poverty Under the Age of 16 Child Poverty Among Boys Under 16 Child Poverty Among Girls Under 16 Single Male Poverty Single Female Poverty Single Father Poverty Single Mother Poverty Married-Couple Family Poverty Seniors Poverty Over the Age of 65 Seniors Poverty Over the Age of 75 Receiving Food Stamps

Unemployment

Labor Participation

Family Structure

Family Households Family Households with Children Married-couple Households Average Family Size Single Father Households Single Mother Households Currently Married Divorced or Separated Births to Unmarried Women

Vehicle Availability

No Vehicles in Household 1 or more Vehicles in Household 2 or more Vehicles in Household 3 or more Vehicles in Household 4 or more Vehicles in Household

Education Level

No Schooling Completed Nursery School Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade, No Diploma High School Diploma GED/Equivalency College, Under 1 year College, 1 year or more Associate's Degree Bachelor's Degree Master's Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Disability

Disability Male Disability Female Disability Disability Age Under 5 Disability Age 5 to 17 Disability Age 18 to 34 Disability Age 35 to 64 Disability Age 65 to 74 Disability Age Over 75 Vision Disability Hearing Disability Cognitive Disability Ambulatory Disability Self-Care Disability

Wage/Income Gap Comparison

Blacks/African Americans

Puerto Ricans

Exceptional

21.7%

WAGE/INCOME GAP

100.0/ 100

METRIC RATING

48th/ 347

METRIC RANK

18.7%

WAGE/INCOME GAP

100.0/ 100

METRIC RATING

7th/ 347

METRIC RANK

Black/African American vs Puerto Rican Wage/Income Gap Correlation Chart

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 563,586,273 people shows a strong negative correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and wage/income gap percentage in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.782 and weighted average of 21.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 527,155,694 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Puerto Ricans and wage/income gap percentage in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.524 and weighted average of 18.7%, a difference of 16.1%.

Wage/Income Gap Correlation Summary

Measurement	Black/African American	Puerto Rican
Minimum	7.4%	0.0036%
Maximum	33.2%	43.5%
Range	25.8%	43.5%
Mean	20.1%	18.6%
Median	20.7%	20.0%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	16.1%	13.4%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	23.8%	24.3%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	7.7%	10.9%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	5.5%	8.4%
Standard Deviation (Population)	5.5%	8.3%

Similar Demographics by Wage/Income Gap

Demographics Similar to Blacks/African Americans by Wage/Income Gap

In terms of wage/income gap, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Immigrants from Congo (21.7%, a difference of 0.18%), Ethiopian (21.8%, a difference of 0.51%), Immigrants from Ethiopia (21.6%, a difference of 0.73%), U.S. Virgin Islander (21.5%, a difference of 0.85%), and Immigrants from Eritrea (21.4%, a difference of 1.3%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Wage/Income Gap
Liberians	100.0 /100 \| #41	Exceptional 21.4%
Immigrants \| Sierra Leone	100.0 /100 \| #42	Exceptional 21.4%
Sierra Leoneans	100.0 /100 \| #43	Exceptional 21.4%
Immigrants \| Eritrea	100.0 /100 \| #44	Exceptional 21.4%
U.S. Virgin Islanders	100.0 /100 \| #45	Exceptional 21.5%
Immigrants \| Ethiopia	100.0 /100 \| #46	Exceptional 21.6%
Immigrants \| Congo	100.0 /100 \| #47	Exceptional 21.7%
Blacks/African Americans	100.0 /100 \| #48	Exceptional 21.7%
Ethiopians	100.0 /100 \| #49	Exceptional 21.8%
Immigrants \| Western Africa	100.0 /100 \| #50	Exceptional 22.0%
Tohono O'odham	100.0 /100 \| #51	Exceptional 22.1%
Immigrants \| Cameroon	100.0 /100 \| #52	Exceptional 22.2%
Bangladeshis	100.0 /100 \| #53	Exceptional 22.2%
Nepalese	100.0 /100 \| #54	Exceptional 22.2%
Immigrants \| Zaire	100.0 /100 \| #55	Exceptional 22.3%

Demographics Similar to Puerto Ricans by Wage/Income Gap

In terms of wage/income gap, the demographic groups most similar to Puerto Ricans are Immigrants from Jamaica (18.8%, a difference of 0.63%), Barbadian (19.0%, a difference of 1.3%), Crow (19.1%, a difference of 1.8%), Immigrants from Guyana (18.4%, a difference of 2.0%), and Guyanese (18.3%, a difference of 2.3%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Wage/Income Gap
Immigrants \| Grenada	100.0 /100 \| #1	Exceptional 16.2%
Immigrants \| St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100.0 /100 \| #2	Exceptional 16.4%
Immigrants \| Barbados	100.0 /100 \| #3	Exceptional 17.8%
British West Indians	100.0 /100 \| #4	Exceptional 18.0%
Guyanese	100.0 /100 \| #5	Exceptional 18.3%
Immigrants \| Guyana	100.0 /100 \| #6	Exceptional 18.4%
Puerto Ricans	100.0 /100 \| #7	Exceptional 18.7%
Immigrants \| Jamaica	100.0 /100 \| #8	Exceptional 18.8%
Barbadians	100.0 /100 \| #9	Exceptional 19.0%
Crow	100.0 /100 \| #10	Exceptional 19.1%
Immigrants \| Haiti	100.0 /100 \| #11	Exceptional 19.2%
Immigrants \| West Indies	100.0 /100 \| #12	Exceptional 19.2%
Trinidadians and Tobagonians	100.0 /100 \| #13	Exceptional 19.3%
Immigrants \| Trinidad and Tobago	100.0 /100 \| #14	Exceptional 19.3%
West Indians	100.0 /100 \| #15	Exceptional 19.6%