Immigrants from South America vs Houma Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 479,730,201 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from South America and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.229 and weighted average of 16.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 36,741,016 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Houma and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.831 and weighted average of 24.9%, a difference of 51.7%.

Child Poverty Under the Age of 16 Correlation Summary

Measurement	Immigrants from South America	Houma
Minimum	3.2%	3.9%
Maximum	31.7%	93.9%
Range	28.5%	89.9%
Mean	15.6%	26.1%
Median	15.3%	21.1%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	12.2%	18.5%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	18.1%	27.6%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	5.8%	9.1%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	5.6%	19.5%
Standard Deviation (Population)	5.6%	19.2%

Similar Demographics by Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

Demographics Similar to Immigrants from South America by Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from South America are South American Indian (16.4%, a difference of 0.12%), Immigrants from Ethiopia (16.4%, a difference of 0.18%), Immigrants from Syria (16.4%, a difference of 0.18%), Ethiopian (16.3%, a difference of 0.31%), and Hawaiian (16.4%, a difference of 0.32%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Child Poverty Under the Age of 16
Whites/Caucasians	50.0 /100 \| #174	Average 16.2%
Scotch-Irish	47.1 /100 \| #175	Average 16.3%
Lebanese	45.9 /100 \| #176	Average 16.3%
Ethiopians	43.4 /100 \| #177	Average 16.3%
Immigrants \| Ethiopia	42.3 /100 \| #178	Average 16.4%
Immigrants \| Syria	42.3 /100 \| #179	Average 16.4%
South American Indians	41.8 /100 \| #180	Average 16.4%
Immigrants \| South America	40.8 /100 \| #181	Average 16.4%
Hawaiians	38.2 /100 \| #182	Fair 16.4%
Celtics	38.2 /100 \| #183	Fair 16.4%
Immigrants \| Western Asia	38.0 /100 \| #184	Fair 16.4%
Immigrants \| Bosnia and Herzegovina	37.4 /100 \| #185	Fair 16.5%
Kenyans	34.1 /100 \| #186	Fair 16.5%
Arabs	31.4 /100 \| #187	Fair 16.6%
Immigrants \| Morocco	31.2 /100 \| #188	Fair 16.6%

Demographics Similar to Houma by Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, the demographic groups most similar to Houma are Yup'ik (25.1%, a difference of 1.1%), Sioux (25.2%, a difference of 1.4%), Black/African American (24.4%, a difference of 1.7%), Cheyenne (25.4%, a difference of 2.1%), and Immigrants from Dominican Republic (24.0%, a difference of 3.7%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Child Poverty Under the Age of 16
Colville	0.0 /100 \| #328	Tragic 23.0%
Dominicans	0.0 /100 \| #329	Tragic 23.8%
Natives/Alaskans	0.0 /100 \| #330	Tragic 23.8%
Apache	0.0 /100 \| #331	Tragic 23.8%
Pueblo	0.0 /100 \| #332	Tragic 23.9%
Immigrants \| Dominican Republic	0.0 /100 \| #333	Tragic 24.0%
Blacks/African Americans	0.0 /100 \| #334	Tragic 24.4%
Houma	0.0 /100 \| #335	Tragic 24.9%
Yup'ik	0.0 /100 \| #336	Tragic 25.1%
Sioux	0.0 /100 \| #337	Tragic 25.2%
Cheyenne	0.0 /100 \| #338	Tragic 25.4%
Crow	0.0 /100 \| #339	Tragic 26.0%
Hopi	0.0 /100 \| #340	Tragic 27.1%
Yuman	0.0 /100 \| #341	Tragic 28.9%
Pima	0.0 /100 \| #342	Tragic 29.0%