Central American vs South American Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 497,895,847 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Central Americans and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.482 and weighted average of 6.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 487,269,778 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of South Americans and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.172 and weighted average of 5.6%, a difference of 19.4%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Central Americans are Immigrants from Ecuador (6.7%, a difference of 0.14%), Immigrants from El Salvador (6.8%, a difference of 0.42%), Immigrants from Belize (6.7%, a difference of 0.60%), Nicaraguan (6.7%, a difference of 0.75%), and Cuban (6.8%, a difference of 0.86%).

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to South Americans are Immigrants from Zaire (5.6%, a difference of 0.020%), Arab (5.7%, a difference of 0.15%), Immigrants from Cambodia (5.6%, a difference of 0.22%), Sudanese (5.6%, a difference of 0.37%), and Subsaharan African (5.7%, a difference of 0.40%).