Black/African American vs Immigrants from Latin America 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 548,259,173 people shows a slight positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Latin America and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.063 and weighted average of 20.5%, a difference of 19.1%.

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%).

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Latin America are Chippewa (20.5%, a difference of 0.040%), Immigrants from Senegal (20.6%, a difference of 0.43%), Haitian (20.7%, a difference of 0.64%), Mexican (20.7%, a difference of 0.77%), and Yaqui (20.4%, a difference of 0.79%).