Black/African American vs Immigrants from Latin America Seniors Poverty Over the Age of 65

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 561,317,692 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and poverty level among seniors over the age of 65 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.814 and weighted average of 13.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 554,058,835 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Latin America and poverty level among seniors over the age of 65 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.697 and weighted average of 14.2%, a difference of 3.3%.

In terms of seniors poverty over the age of 65, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Jamaican (13.6%, a difference of 0.46%), Immigrants from Central America (13.6%, a difference of 0.46%), Spanish American Indian (13.8%, a difference of 0.69%), Belizean (13.6%, a difference of 0.73%), and Immigrants from Guatemala (13.8%, a difference of 0.88%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Latin America are Immigrants from West Indies (14.2%, a difference of 0.14%), Trinidadian and Tobagonian (14.2%, a difference of 0.21%), Immigrants from Trinidad and Tobago (14.1%, a difference of 0.30%), West Indian (14.1%, a difference of 0.36%), and Immigrants from Bangladesh (14.1%, a difference of 0.60%).