Dominican vs American Child Poverty Under the Age of 5

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 342,515,454 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Dominicans and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.291 and weighted average of 24.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 538,793,741 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Americans and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.682 and weighted average of 20.5%, a difference of 17.4%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 5, the demographic groups most similar to Dominicans are Immigrants from Dominican Republic (24.1%, a difference of 0.090%), Cajun (24.1%, a difference of 0.32%), Central American Indian (23.9%, a difference of 0.45%), Immigrants from Congo (23.9%, a difference of 0.64%), and Creek (24.2%, a difference of 0.76%).

In terms of child poverty under the age of 5, the demographic groups most similar to Americans are Immigrants from Jamaica (20.5%, a difference of 0.12%), Jamaican (20.4%, a difference of 0.45%), Immigrants from Burma/Myanmar (20.4%, a difference of 0.52%), Ottawa (20.3%, a difference of 0.61%), and Belizean (20.3%, a difference of 0.61%).