Black/African American vs Immigrants from Dominica Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 555,331,185 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.847 and weighted average of 24.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 83,710,455 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Dominica and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.028 and weighted average of 21.9%, a difference of 11.8%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Houma (24.9%, a difference of 1.7%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (24.0%, a difference of 2.0%), Pueblo (23.9%, a difference of 2.1%), Apache (23.8%, a difference of 2.5%), and Native/Alaskan (23.8%, a difference of 2.8%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Dominica are U.S. Virgin Islander (22.0%, a difference of 0.40%), African (21.7%, a difference of 0.77%), Yakama (22.1%, a difference of 0.91%), Cajun (22.1%, a difference of 1.1%), and Immigrants from Guatemala (21.6%, a difference of 1.2%).