Nigerian vs Arab Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 330,785,707 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Nigerians and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.180 and weighted average of 5.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 480,161,401 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Arabs and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.571 and weighted average of 5.7%, a difference of 3.0%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Nigerians are Immigrants from Micronesia (5.5%, a difference of 0.020%), Immigrants from Thailand (5.5%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Syria (5.5%, a difference of 0.23%), Immigrants from Liberia (5.5%, a difference of 0.25%), and Iroquois (5.5%, a difference of 0.29%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Arabs are Immigrants from Zaire (5.6%, a difference of 0.13%), South American (5.6%, a difference of 0.15%), Subsaharan African (5.7%, a difference of 0.25%), Immigrants from Cambodia (5.6%, a difference of 0.37%), and Sudanese (5.6%, a difference of 0.51%).