Samoan vs Black/African American Seniors Poverty Over the Age of 65

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 224,422,356 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Samoans and poverty level among seniors over the age of 65 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.234 and weighted average of 10.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 561,317,692 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and poverty level among seniors over the age of 65 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.814 and weighted average of 13.7%, a difference of 37.1%.

In terms of seniors poverty over the age of 65, the demographic groups most similar to Samoans are Yugoslavian (10.0%, a difference of 0.040%), Palestinian (10.0%, a difference of 0.060%), Russian (10.0%, a difference of 0.090%), Turkish (10.0%, a difference of 0.11%), and Immigrants from Czechoslovakia (10.0%, a difference of 0.20%).

In terms of seniors poverty over the age of 65, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Jamaican (13.6%, a difference of 0.46%), Immigrants from Central America (13.6%, a difference of 0.46%), Spanish American Indian (13.8%, a difference of 0.69%), Belizean (13.6%, a difference of 0.73%), and Immigrants from Mexico (13.6%, a difference of 0.87%).