Immigrants from Sri Lanka vs American Per Capita Income

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 149,699,244 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Sri Lanka and per capita income in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.257 and weighted average of $50,555. 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 29.5%.

In terms of per capita income, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Sri Lanka are New Zealander ($50,575, a difference of 0.040%), Immigrants from Netherlands ($50,458, a difference of 0.19%), Immigrants from Croatia ($50,417, a difference of 0.27%), Paraguayan ($50,385, a difference of 0.34%), and Immigrants from Serbia ($50,810, a difference of 0.50%).

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%).