Immigrants from Ireland vs American Per Capita Income

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 240,778,427 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Ireland and per capita income in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.186 and weighted average of $56,584. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 582,039,940 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Americans and per capita income in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.545 and weighted average of $39,039, a difference of 44.9%.

In terms of per capita income, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Ireland are Immigrants from Hong Kong ($56,709, a difference of 0.22%), Okinawan ($55,817, a difference of 1.4%), Immigrants from Israel ($57,384, a difference of 1.4%), Eastern European ($55,780, a difference of 1.4%), and Immigrants from Sweden ($55,582, a difference of 1.8%).

In terms of per capita income, the demographic groups most similar to Americans are Spanish American ($39,012, a difference of 0.070%), Belizean ($39,097, a difference of 0.15%), Iroquois ($39,104, a difference of 0.16%), Marshallese ($39,108, a difference of 0.17%), and Alaskan Athabascan ($39,163, a difference of 0.32%).