Immigrants from Kenya vs Black/African American Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 217,344,865 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Kenya and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.158 and weighted average of 16.9%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 555,331,185 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.847 and weighted average of 24.4%, a difference of 44.6%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Kenya are Delaware (17.0%, a difference of 0.40%), Immigrants from Lebanon (16.8%, a difference of 0.52%), Immigrants from Uganda (16.8%, a difference of 0.60%), Immigrants from Uruguay (16.8%, a difference of 0.69%), and Spaniard (16.8%, a difference of 0.71%).

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Houma (24.9%, a difference of 1.7%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (24.0%, a difference of 2.0%), Pueblo (23.9%, a difference of 2.1%), Apache (23.8%, a difference of 2.5%), and Native/Alaskan (23.8%, a difference of 2.8%).