Native/Alaskan vs South American Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 506,148,611 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Natives/Alaskans and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.629 and weighted average of 8.2%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 487,269,778 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of South Americans and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.172 and weighted average of 5.6%, a difference of 45.1%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Natives/Alaskans are Paiute (8.3%, a difference of 1.3%), Central American Indian (8.3%, a difference of 1.3%), Dominican (8.3%, a difference of 1.4%), Lumbee (8.3%, a difference of 1.9%), and Immigrants from Dominican Republic (8.4%, a difference of 2.5%).

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to South Americans are Immigrants from Zaire (5.6%, a difference of 0.020%), Arab (5.7%, a difference of 0.15%), Immigrants from Cambodia (5.6%, a difference of 0.22%), Sudanese (5.6%, a difference of 0.37%), and Subsaharan African (5.7%, a difference of 0.40%).