Black/African American vs Immigrants from Guatemala 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 375,394,952 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Guatemala and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.438 and weighted average of 21.6%, a difference of 13.1%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are 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%), Native/Alaskan (23.8%, a difference of 2.8%), and Dominican (23.8%, a difference of 2.9%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Guatemala are Immigrants from Somalia (21.6%, a difference of 0.14%), African (21.7%, a difference of 0.42%), Immigrants from Dominica (21.9%, a difference of 1.2%), U.S. Virgin Islander (22.0%, a difference of 1.6%), and Yakama (22.1%, a difference of 2.1%).