Puerto Rican vs Nonimmigrants Wage/Income Gap

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%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 579,671,089 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Nonimmigrants and wage/income gap percentage in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.448 and weighted average of 27.2%, a difference of 45.3%.

Wage/Income Gap Correlation Summary

Measurement	Puerto Rican	Nonimmigrants
Minimum	0.0036%	14.2%
Maximum	43.5%	33.3%
Range	43.5%	19.1%
Mean	18.6%	24.8%
Median	20.0%	25.2%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	13.4%	22.8%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	24.3%	27.7%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	10.9%	5.0%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	8.4%	3.8%
Standard Deviation (Population)	8.3%	3.8%

Similar Demographics by Wage/Income Gap

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%

Demographics Similar to Nonimmigrants by Wage/Income Gap

In terms of wage/income gap, the demographic groups most similar to Nonimmigrants are Immigrants from the Azores (27.2%, a difference of 0.080%), Chickasaw (27.2%, a difference of 0.090%), Spanish (27.1%, a difference of 0.16%), Immigrants from Sri Lanka (27.1%, a difference of 0.17%), and Creek (27.1%, a difference of 0.22%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Wage/Income Gap
Estonians	4.3 /100 \| #239	Tragic 27.1%
Immigrants \| Europe	3.8 /100 \| #240	Tragic 27.1%
Creek	3.8 /100 \| #241	Tragic 27.1%
Immigrants \| Sri Lanka	3.7 /100 \| #242	Tragic 27.1%
Spanish	3.6 /100 \| #243	Tragic 27.1%
Chickasaw	3.5 /100 \| #244	Tragic 27.2%
Immigrants \| Azores	3.5 /100 \| #245	Tragic 27.2%
Immigrants \| Nonimmigrants	3.3 /100 \| #246	Tragic 27.2%
Celtics	2.8 /100 \| #247	Tragic 27.3%
Cypriots	2.8 /100 \| #248	Tragic 27.3%
Carpatho Rusyns	2.7 /100 \| #249	Tragic 27.3%
Immigrants \| Czechoslovakia	2.7 /100 \| #250	Tragic 27.3%
Immigrants \| Norway	2.5 /100 \| #251	Tragic 27.3%
Ukrainians	2.4 /100 \| #252	Tragic 27.3%
Portuguese	2.2 /100 \| #253	Tragic 27.4%