African vs Ghanaian Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 465,332,891 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Africans and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.393 and weighted average of 6.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 189,762,764 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Ghanaians and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.039 and weighted average of 5.7%, a difference of 4.1%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Africans are Immigrants from Somalia (6.0%, a difference of 0.060%), Immigrants from Western Asia (6.0%, a difference of 0.090%), Immigrants from Ghana (5.9%, a difference of 0.73%), Immigrants from Eritrea (5.9%, a difference of 0.99%), and Tsimshian (5.9%, a difference of 1.2%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Ghanaians are Immigrants from Sudan (5.7%, a difference of 0.16%), Immigrants from South America (5.7%, a difference of 0.16%), Immigrants from Uruguay (5.7%, a difference of 0.35%), Cherokee (5.8%, a difference of 0.53%), and Venezuelan (5.8%, a difference of 0.56%).