Puerto Rican vs Central American Indian Child Poverty Among Girls Under 16

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 513,321,641 people shows a strong positive correlation between the proportion of Puerto Ricans and poverty level among girls under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.718 and weighted average of 32.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 323,193,354 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Central American Indians and poverty level among girls under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.687 and weighted average of 22.8%, a difference of 43.2%.

In terms of child poverty among girls under 16, the demographic groups most similar to Puerto Ricans are Tohono O'odham (31.6%, a difference of 3.4%), Lumbee (30.7%, a difference of 6.4%), Navajo (30.5%, a difference of 7.2%), Immigrants from Yemen (29.5%, a difference of 10.8%), and Pima (28.2%, a difference of 15.8%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Central American Indians are Dominican (23.7%, a difference of 3.8%), Kiowa (23.7%, a difference of 3.9%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (23.8%, a difference of 4.4%), Apache (23.8%, a difference of 4.5%), and Native/Alaskan (24.0%, a difference of 5.4%).