Immigrants from Costa Rica vs Houma Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 204,257,913 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Costa Rica and poverty level in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.198 and weighted average of 12.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 36,796,778 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Houma and poverty level in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.853 and weighted average of 18.4%, a difference of 47.1%.

Poverty Correlation Summary

Measurement	Immigrants from Costa Rica	Houma
Minimum	2.8%	7.7%
Maximum	26.0%	55.1%
Range	23.2%	47.4%
Mean	10.5%	20.8%
Median	10.0%	16.9%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	5.8%	15.3%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	13.1%	22.4%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	7.3%	7.1%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	5.5%	11.0%
Standard Deviation (Population)	5.5%	10.8%

Similar Demographics by Poverty

Demographics Similar to Immigrants from Costa Rica by Poverty

In terms of poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Costa Rica are Aleut (12.5%, a difference of 0.010%), Hawaiian (12.5%, a difference of 0.090%), Immigrants from South America (12.5%, a difference of 0.10%), Sierra Leonean (12.6%, a difference of 0.20%), and Immigrants from Sierra Leone (12.5%, a difference of 0.32%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Poverty
Immigrants \| Afghanistan	42.1 /100 \| #181	Average 12.4%
Immigrants \| Cameroon	41.7 /100 \| #182	Average 12.4%
Immigrants \| Iraq	40.2 /100 \| #183	Average 12.4%
Kenyans	38.8 /100 \| #184	Fair 12.5%
Israelis	36.4 /100 \| #185	Fair 12.5%
Immigrants \| Sierra Leone	36.3 /100 \| #186	Fair 12.5%
Hawaiians	34.1 /100 \| #187	Fair 12.5%
Immigrants \| Costa Rica	33.3 /100 \| #188	Fair 12.5%
Aleuts	33.2 /100 \| #189	Fair 12.5%
Immigrants \| South America	32.3 /100 \| #190	Fair 12.5%
Sierra Leoneans	31.5 /100 \| #191	Fair 12.6%
South American Indians	23.3 /100 \| #192	Fair 12.7%
Delaware	21.4 /100 \| #193	Fair 12.7%
Arabs	21.1 /100 \| #194	Fair 12.7%
Immigrants \| Kuwait	20.9 /100 \| #195	Fair 12.7%

Demographics Similar to Houma by Poverty

In terms of poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Houma are Apache (18.4%, a difference of 0.0%), Native/Alaskan (18.1%, a difference of 2.0%), Cheyenne (18.9%, a difference of 2.8%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (17.8%, a difference of 3.5%), and Dominican (17.6%, a difference of 4.4%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Poverty
Paiute	0.0 /100 \| #326	Tragic 16.7%
Kiowa	0.0 /100 \| #327	Tragic 16.8%
Ute	0.0 /100 \| #328	Tragic 16.9%
Blacks/African Americans	0.0 /100 \| #329	Tragic 17.3%
Dominicans	0.0 /100 \| #330	Tragic 17.6%
Immigrants \| Dominican Republic	0.0 /100 \| #331	Tragic 17.8%
Natives/Alaskans	0.0 /100 \| #332	Tragic 18.1%
Houma	0.0 /100 \| #333	Tragic 18.4%
Apache	0.0 /100 \| #334	Tragic 18.4%
Cheyenne	0.0 /100 \| #335	Tragic 18.9%
Pueblo	0.0 /100 \| #336	Tragic 19.4%
Sioux	0.0 /100 \| #337	Tragic 19.8%
Yuman	0.0 /100 \| #338	Tragic 20.2%
Crow	0.0 /100 \| #339	Tragic 20.7%
Yup'ik	0.0 /100 \| #340	Tragic 20.8%