Puerto Rican vs Native/Alaskan 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 501,562,202 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Natives/Alaskans and poverty level among girls under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.565 and weighted average of 24.0%, a difference of 35.9%.

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 Natives/Alaskans are Apache (23.8%, a difference of 0.86%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (23.8%, a difference of 0.91%), Kiowa (23.7%, a difference of 1.5%), Dominican (23.7%, a difference of 1.6%), and Black/African American (24.7%, a difference of 2.5%).