Scotch-Irish vs Immigrants from Dominican Republic Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 545,166,810 people shows a strong positive correlation between the proportion of Scotch-Irish and poverty level among families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.785 and weighted average of 8.6%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 274,499,505 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Dominican Republic and poverty level among families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.445 and weighted average of 14.4%, a difference of 68.7%.

Family Poverty Correlation Summary

Measurement	Scotch-Irish	Immigrants from Dominican Republic
Minimum	3.0%	5.8%
Maximum	100.0%	31.5%
Range	97.0%	25.8%
Mean	17.2%	17.0%
Median	10.8%	16.3%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	8.6%	12.5%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	19.4%	20.7%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	10.8%	8.2%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	15.9%	6.1%
Standard Deviation (Population)	15.7%	6.0%

Similar Demographics by Family Poverty

Demographics Similar to Scotch-Irish by Family Poverty

In terms of family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Scotch-Irish are Immigrants from Jordan (8.5%, a difference of 0.21%), Immigrants from Belarus (8.5%, a difference of 0.24%), Immigrants from South Eastern Asia (8.5%, a difference of 0.25%), Albanian (8.5%, a difference of 0.27%), and Immigrants from Germany (8.5%, a difference of 0.29%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Family Poverty
Immigrants \| Ukraine	83.9 /100 \| #141	Excellent 8.5%
Yugoslavians	83.5 /100 \| #142	Excellent 8.5%
Immigrants \| Germany	83.3 /100 \| #143	Excellent 8.5%
Albanians	83.3 /100 \| #144	Excellent 8.5%
Immigrants \| South Eastern Asia	83.2 /100 \| #145	Excellent 8.5%
Immigrants \| Belarus	83.2 /100 \| #146	Excellent 8.5%
Immigrants \| Jordan	83.0 /100 \| #147	Excellent 8.5%
Scotch-Irish	82.2 /100 \| #148	Excellent 8.6%
Mongolians	80.4 /100 \| #149	Excellent 8.6%
Syrians	80.3 /100 \| #150	Excellent 8.6%
Brazilians	80.1 /100 \| #151	Excellent 8.6%
Samoans	79.8 /100 \| #152	Good 8.6%
Immigrants \| Spain	79.1 /100 \| #153	Good 8.6%
Immigrants \| Vietnam	75.4 /100 \| #154	Good 8.7%
Immigrants \| Kuwait	73.6 /100 \| #155	Good 8.7%

Demographics Similar to Immigrants from Dominican Republic by Family Poverty

In terms of family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Dominican Republic are Dominican (14.3%, a difference of 0.63%), Cheyenne (14.3%, a difference of 1.1%), Native/Alaskan (14.3%, a difference of 1.2%), Houma (14.6%, a difference of 1.3%), and Apache (14.7%, a difference of 2.1%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Family Poverty
Colville	0.0 /100 \| #326	Tragic 13.0%
Yakama	0.0 /100 \| #327	Tragic 13.1%
Central American Indians	0.0 /100 \| #328	Tragic 13.3%
Blacks/African Americans	0.0 /100 \| #329	Tragic 13.3%
Natives/Alaskans	0.0 /100 \| #330	Tragic 14.3%
Cheyenne	0.0 /100 \| #331	Tragic 14.3%
Dominicans	0.0 /100 \| #332	Tragic 14.3%
Immigrants \| Dominican Republic	0.0 /100 \| #333	Tragic 14.4%
Houma	0.0 /100 \| #334	Tragic 14.6%
Apache	0.0 /100 \| #335	Tragic 14.7%
Sioux	0.0 /100 \| #336	Tragic 15.9%
Hopi	0.0 /100 \| #337	Tragic 15.9%
Crow	0.0 /100 \| #338	Tragic 16.1%
Yuman	0.0 /100 \| #339	Tragic 16.6%
Pueblo	0.0 /100 \| #340	Tragic 17.0%