Guyanese vs Jamaican Poverty

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Guyanese

Race

Asian Black/African American Hawaiian Hispanic or Latino Native/Alaskan White/Caucasian

Ancestry

Afghan African Alaska Native Alaskan Athabascan Albanian Aleut Alsatian American Apache Arab Arapaho Argentinean Armenian Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Australian Austrian Bahamian Bangladeshi Barbadian Basque Belgian Belizean Bermudan Bhutanese Blackfeet Bolivian Brazilian British British West Indian Bulgarian Burmese Cajun Cambodian Canadian Cape Verdean Carpatho Rusyn Celtic Central American Central American Indian Cherokee Cheyenne Chickasaw Chilean Chinese Chippewa Choctaw Colombian Colville Comanche Costa Rican Cree Creek Croatian Crow Cuban Cypriot Czech Czechoslovakian Danish Delaware Dominican Dutch Dutch West Indian Eastern European Ecuadorian Egyptian English Estonian Ethiopian European Fijian Filipino Finnish French French American Indian French Canadian German German Russian Ghanaian Greek Guamanian/Chamorro GuatemalanGuyaneseHaitian Hmong Honduran Hopi Houma Hungarian Icelander Indian (Asian)Indonesian Inupiat Iranian Iraqi Irish Iroquois Israeli Italian Japanese Jordanian Kenyan Kiowa Korean Laotian Latvian Lebanese Liberian Lithuanian Lumbee Luxembourger Macedonian Malaysian Maltese Marshallese Menominee Mexican Mexican American Indian Mongolian Moroccan Native Hawaiian Navajo Nepalese New Zealander Nicaraguan Nigerian Northern European Norwegian Okinawan Osage Ottawa Paiute Pakistani Palestinian Panamanian Paraguayan Pennsylvania German Peruvian Pima Polish Portuguese Potawatomi Pueblo Puerto Rican Puget Sound Salish Romanian Russian Salvadoran Samoan Scandinavian Scotch-Irish Scottish Seminole Senegalese Serbian Shoshone Sierra Leonean Sioux Slavic Slovak Slovene Somali South African South American South American Indian Soviet Union Spaniard Spanish Spanish American Spanish American Indian Sri Lankan Subsaharan African Sudanese Swedish Swiss Syrian Taiwanese Thai Tlingit-Haida Tohono O'Odham Tongan Trinidadian and Tobagonian Tsimshian Turkish U.S. Virgin Islander Ugandan Ukrainian Uruguayan Ute Venezuelan Vietnamese Welsh West Indian Yakama Yaqui Yugoslavian Yuman Yup'ik Zimbabwean

Immigration

Nonimmigrants Immigrants Afghanistan Africa Albania Argentina Armenia Asia Australia Austria Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burma/Myanmar Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Caribbean Central America Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Eritrea Ethiopia Europe Fiji France Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kuwait Laos Latin America Latvia Lebanon Liberia Lithuania Malaysia Mexico Micronesia Middle Africa Moldova Morocco Nepal Netherlands Nicaragua Nigeria North America North Macedonia Northern Africa Northern Europe Norway Oceania Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Scotland Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Somalia South Africa South America South Central Asia South Eastern Asia Southern Europe Spain Sri Lanka St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam West Indies Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe Yemen Zaire Zimbabwe Azores

Jamaican

Race

Asian Black/African American Hawaiian Hispanic or Latino Native/Alaskan White/Caucasian

Ancestry

Afghan African Alaska Native Alaskan Athabascan Albanian Aleut Alsatian American Apache Arab Arapaho Argentinean Armenian Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Australian Austrian Bahamian Bangladeshi Barbadian Basque Belgian Belizean Bermudan Bhutanese Blackfeet Bolivian Brazilian British British West Indian Bulgarian Burmese Cajun Cambodian Canadian Cape Verdean Carpatho Rusyn Celtic Central American Central American Indian Cherokee Cheyenne Chickasaw Chilean Chinese Chippewa Choctaw Colombian Colville Comanche Costa Rican Cree Creek Croatian Crow Cuban Cypriot Czech Czechoslovakian Danish Delaware Dominican Dutch Dutch West Indian Eastern European Ecuadorian Egyptian English Estonian Ethiopian European Fijian Filipino Finnish French French American Indian French Canadian German German Russian Ghanaian Greek Guamanian/Chamorro Guatemalan Haitian Hmong Honduran Hopi Houma Hungarian Icelander Indian (Asian)Indonesian Inupiat Iranian Iraqi Irish Iroquois Israeli ItalianJamaicanJapanese Jordanian Kenyan Kiowa Korean Laotian Latvian Lebanese Liberian Lithuanian Lumbee Luxembourger Macedonian Malaysian Maltese Marshallese Menominee Mexican Mexican American Indian Mongolian Moroccan Native Hawaiian Navajo Nepalese New Zealander Nicaraguan Nigerian Northern European Norwegian Okinawan Osage Ottawa Paiute Pakistani Palestinian Panamanian Paraguayan Pennsylvania German Peruvian Pima Polish Portuguese Potawatomi Pueblo Puerto Rican Puget Sound Salish Romanian Russian Salvadoran Samoan Scandinavian Scotch-Irish Scottish Seminole Senegalese Serbian Shoshone Sierra Leonean Sioux Slavic Slovak Slovene Somali South African South American South American Indian Soviet Union Spaniard Spanish Spanish American Spanish American Indian Sri Lankan Subsaharan African Sudanese Swedish Swiss Syrian Taiwanese Thai Tlingit-Haida Tohono O'Odham Tongan Trinidadian and Tobagonian Tsimshian Turkish U.S. Virgin Islander Ugandan Ukrainian Uruguayan Ute Venezuelan Vietnamese Welsh West Indian Yakama Yaqui Yugoslavian Yuman Yup'ik Zimbabwean

Immigration

Poverty

Social Comparison

Income

Per Capita Income Median Family Income Median Household Income Median Earnings Median Male Earnings Median Female Earnings Householder Income Under 25 years Householder Income Ages 25 - 44 years Householder Income Ages 45 - 64 years Householder Income Over 65 years Wage/Income Gap

Poverty

PovertyFamily Poverty Male Poverty Female Poverty Female Poverty Among 18-24 Year Olds Female Poverty Among 25-34 Year Olds Child Poverty Under the Age of 5 Child Poverty Under the Age of 16 Child Poverty Among Boys Under 16 Child Poverty Among Girls Under 16 Single Male Poverty Single Female Poverty Single Father Poverty Single Mother Poverty Married-Couple Family Poverty Seniors Poverty Over the Age of 65 Seniors Poverty Over the Age of 75 Receiving Food Stamps

Unemployment

Labor Participation

Family Structure

Family Households Family Households with Children Married-couple Households Average Family Size Single Father Households Single Mother Households Currently Married Divorced or Separated Births to Unmarried Women

Vehicle Availability

No Vehicles in Household 1 or more Vehicles in Household 2 or more Vehicles in Household 3 or more Vehicles in Household 4 or more Vehicles in Household

Education Level

No Schooling Completed Nursery School Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade, No Diploma High School Diploma GED/Equivalency College, Under 1 year College, 1 year or more Associate's Degree Bachelor's Degree Master's Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Disability

Disability Male Disability Female Disability Disability Age Under 5 Disability Age 5 to 17 Disability Age 18 to 34 Disability Age 35 to 64 Disability Age 65 to 74 Disability Age Over 75 Vision Disability Hearing Disability Cognitive Disability Ambulatory Disability Self-Care Disability

Poverty Comparison

Guyanese

Jamaicans

Tragic

14.5%

POVERTY

0.1/ 100

METRIC RATING

266th/ 347

METRIC RANK

14.4%

POVERTY

0.1/ 100

METRIC RATING

263rd/ 347

METRIC RANK

Guyanese vs Jamaican Poverty Correlation Chart

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 176,811,902 people shows a slight negative correlation between the proportion of Guyanese and poverty level in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.088 and weighted average of 14.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 367,709,935 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and poverty level in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.003 and weighted average of 14.4%, a difference of 0.38%.

Poverty Correlation Summary

Measurement	Guyanese	Jamaican
Minimum	3.9%	2.9%
Maximum	26.8%	39.6%
Range	22.9%	36.7%
Mean	13.1%	14.5%
Median	12.4%	13.9%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	10.2%	11.5%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	16.4%	16.4%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	6.2%	4.9%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	4.7%	5.4%
Standard Deviation (Population)	4.7%	5.4%

Demographics Similar to Guyanese and Jamaicans by Poverty

In terms of poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Guyanese are Immigrants from Guyana (14.5%, a difference of 0.17%), Immigrants from Jamaica (14.4%, a difference of 0.30%), Iroquois (14.5%, a difference of 0.32%), Subsaharan African (14.5%, a difference of 0.35%), and Immigrants from Cuba (14.6%, a difference of 0.51%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Immigrants from Jamaica (14.4%, a difference of 0.090%), Immigrants from Guyana (14.5%, a difference of 0.21%), Immigrants from Liberia (14.4%, a difference of 0.35%), Cherokee (14.4%, a difference of 0.51%), and Cape Verdean (14.4%, a difference of 0.53%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Poverty
Immigrants \| El Salvador	0.1 /100 \| #254	Tragic 14.3%
Immigrants \| Ecuador	0.1 /100 \| #255	Tragic 14.3%
Mexican American Indians	0.1 /100 \| #256	Tragic 14.3%
Trinidadians and Tobagonians	0.1 /100 \| #257	Tragic 14.3%
Ottawa	0.1 /100 \| #258	Tragic 14.3%
Immigrants \| Nicaragua	0.1 /100 \| #259	Tragic 14.3%
Cape Verdeans	0.1 /100 \| #260	Tragic 14.4%
Cherokee	0.1 /100 \| #261	Tragic 14.4%
Immigrants \| Liberia	0.1 /100 \| #262	Tragic 14.4%
Jamaicans	0.1 /100 \| #263	Tragic 14.4%
Immigrants \| Jamaica	0.1 /100 \| #264	Tragic 14.4%
Immigrants \| Guyana	0.1 /100 \| #265	Tragic 14.5%
Guyanese	0.1 /100 \| #266	Tragic 14.5%
Iroquois	0.1 /100 \| #267	Tragic 14.5%
Sub-Saharan Africans	0.1 /100 \| #268	Tragic 14.5%
Immigrants \| Cuba	0.1 /100 \| #269	Tragic 14.6%
Central Americans	0.1 /100 \| #270	Tragic 14.6%
Shoshone	0.0 /100 \| #271	Tragic 14.7%
Chickasaw	0.0 /100 \| #272	Tragic 14.7%
Spanish Americans	0.0 /100 \| #273	Tragic 14.7%
Barbadians	0.0 /100 \| #274	Tragic 14.8%