Spanish vs Black/African American Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 418,282,486 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Spanish and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.280 and weighted average of 5.3%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 553,220,282 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.641 and weighted average of 6.5%, a difference of 22.9%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Spanish are Immigrants from Sierra Leone (5.3%, a difference of 0.25%), Immigrants from Chile (5.3%, a difference of 0.31%), Immigrants from Ukraine (5.2%, a difference of 0.42%), Immigrants from Kazakhstan (5.2%, a difference of 0.44%), and Immigrants from Vietnam (5.3%, a difference of 0.44%).

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Guyanese (6.5%, a difference of 0.10%), Ecuadorian (6.5%, a difference of 0.47%), Dutch West Indian (6.4%, a difference of 0.51%), Ute (6.4%, a difference of 0.63%), and Salvadoran (6.5%, a difference of 0.66%).