Subsaharan African vs American Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

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Subsaharan African

Race

Asian Black/African American Hawaiian Hispanic or Latino Native/Alaskan White/Caucasian

Ancestry

Afghan African Alaska Native Alaskan Athabascan Albanian Aleut Alsatian Apache Arab Arapaho Argentinean Armenian Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Australian Austrian Bahamian Bangladeshi Barbadian Basque Belgian Belizean Bermudan Bhutanese Blackfeet Bolivian Brazilian British British West Indian Bulgarian Burmese Cajun Cambodian Canadian Cape Verdean Carpatho Rusyn Celtic Central American Central American Indian Cherokee Cheyenne Chickasaw Chilean Chinese Chippewa Choctaw Colombian Colville Comanche Costa Rican Cree Creek Croatian Crow Cuban Cypriot Czech Czechoslovakian Danish Delaware Dominican Dutch Dutch West Indian Eastern European Ecuadorian Egyptian English Estonian Ethiopian European Fijian Filipino Finnish French French American Indian French Canadian German German Russian Ghanaian Greek Guamanian/Chamorro Guatemalan Guyanese Haitian Hmong Honduran Hopi Houma Hungarian Icelander Indian (Asian)Indonesian Inupiat Iranian Iraqi Irish Iroquois Israeli Italian Jamaican Japanese Jordanian Kenyan Kiowa Korean Laotian Latvian Lebanese Liberian Lithuanian Lumbee Luxembourger Macedonian Malaysian Maltese Marshallese Menominee Mexican Mexican American Indian Mongolian Moroccan Native Hawaiian Navajo Nepalese New Zealander Nicaraguan Nigerian Northern European Norwegian Okinawan Osage Ottawa Paiute Pakistani Palestinian Panamanian Paraguayan Pennsylvania German Peruvian Pima Polish Portuguese Potawatomi Pueblo Puerto Rican Puget Sound Salish Romanian Russian Salvadoran Samoan Scandinavian Scotch-Irish Scottish Seminole Senegalese Serbian Shoshone Sierra Leonean Sioux Slavic Slovak Slovene Somali South African South American South American Indian Soviet Union Spaniard Spanish Spanish American Spanish American Indian Sri LankanSubsaharan AfricanSudanese Swedish Swiss Syrian Taiwanese Thai Tlingit-Haida Tohono O'Odham Tongan Trinidadian and Tobagonian Tsimshian Turkish U.S. Virgin Islander Ugandan Ukrainian Uruguayan Ute Venezuelan Vietnamese Welsh West Indian Yakama Yaqui Yugoslavian Yuman Yup'ik Zimbabwean

Immigration

Nonimmigrants Immigrants Afghanistan Africa Albania Argentina Armenia Asia Australia Austria Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burma/Myanmar Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Caribbean Central America Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Eritrea Ethiopia Europe Fiji France Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kuwait Laos Latin America Latvia Lebanon Liberia Lithuania Malaysia Mexico Micronesia Middle Africa Moldova Morocco Nepal Netherlands Nicaragua Nigeria North America North Macedonia Northern Africa Northern Europe Norway Oceania Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Scotland Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Somalia South Africa South America South Central Asia South Eastern Asia Southern Europe Spain Sri Lanka St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam West Indies Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe Yemen Zaire Zimbabwe Azores

American

Race

Asian Black/African American Hawaiian Hispanic or Latino Native/Alaskan White/Caucasian

Ancestry

Afghan African Alaska Native Alaskan Athabascan Albanian Aleut AlsatianAmericanApache Arab Arapaho Argentinean Armenian Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Australian Austrian Bahamian Bangladeshi Barbadian Basque Belgian Belizean Bermudan Bhutanese Blackfeet Bolivian Brazilian British British West Indian Bulgarian Burmese Cajun Cambodian Canadian Cape Verdean Carpatho Rusyn Celtic Central American Central American Indian Cherokee Cheyenne Chickasaw Chilean Chinese Chippewa Choctaw Colombian Colville Comanche Costa Rican Cree Creek Croatian Crow Cuban Cypriot Czech Czechoslovakian Danish Delaware Dominican Dutch Dutch West Indian Eastern European Ecuadorian Egyptian English Estonian Ethiopian European Fijian Filipino Finnish French French American Indian French Canadian German German Russian Ghanaian Greek Guamanian/Chamorro Guatemalan Guyanese Haitian Hmong Honduran Hopi Houma Hungarian Icelander Indian (Asian)Indonesian Inupiat Iranian Iraqi Irish Iroquois Israeli Italian Jamaican Japanese Jordanian Kenyan Kiowa Korean Laotian Latvian Lebanese Liberian Lithuanian Lumbee Luxembourger Macedonian Malaysian Maltese Marshallese Menominee Mexican Mexican American Indian Mongolian Moroccan Native Hawaiian Navajo Nepalese New Zealander Nicaraguan Nigerian Northern European Norwegian Okinawan Osage Ottawa Paiute Pakistani Palestinian Panamanian Paraguayan Pennsylvania German Peruvian Pima Polish Portuguese Potawatomi Pueblo Puerto Rican Puget Sound Salish Romanian Russian Salvadoran Samoan Scandinavian Scotch-Irish Scottish Seminole Senegalese Serbian Shoshone Sierra Leonean Sioux Slavic Slovak Slovene Somali South African South American South American Indian Soviet Union Spaniard Spanish Spanish American Spanish American Indian Sri Lankan Sudanese Swedish Swiss Syrian Taiwanese Thai Tlingit-Haida Tohono O'Odham Tongan Trinidadian and Tobagonian Tsimshian Turkish U.S. Virgin Islander Ugandan Ukrainian Uruguayan Ute Venezuelan Vietnamese Welsh West Indian Yakama Yaqui Yugoslavian Yuman Yup'ik Zimbabwean

Immigration

Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

Social Comparison

Income

Per Capita Income Median Family Income Median Household Income Median Earnings Median Male Earnings Median Female Earnings Householder Income Under 25 years Householder Income Ages 25 - 44 years Householder Income Ages 45 - 64 years Householder Income Over 65 years Wage/Income Gap

Poverty

Poverty Family Poverty Male Poverty Female Poverty Female Poverty Among 18-24 Year Olds Female Poverty Among 25-34 Year Olds Child Poverty Under the Age of 5Child Poverty Under the Age of 16Child Poverty Among Boys Under 16 Child Poverty Among Girls Under 16 Single Male Poverty Single Female Poverty Single Father Poverty Single Mother Poverty Married-Couple Family Poverty Seniors Poverty Over the Age of 65 Seniors Poverty Over the Age of 75 Receiving Food Stamps

Unemployment

Labor Participation

Family Structure

Family Households Family Households with Children Married-couple Households Average Family Size Single Father Households Single Mother Households Currently Married Divorced or Separated Births to Unmarried Women

Vehicle Availability

No Vehicles in Household 1 or more Vehicles in Household 2 or more Vehicles in Household 3 or more Vehicles in Household 4 or more Vehicles in Household

Education Level

No Schooling Completed Nursery School Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade, No Diploma High School Diploma GED/Equivalency College, Under 1 year College, 1 year or more Associate's Degree Bachelor's Degree Master's Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Disability

Disability Male Disability Female Disability Disability Age Under 5 Disability Age 5 to 17 Disability Age 18 to 34 Disability Age 35 to 64 Disability Age 65 to 74 Disability Age Over 75 Vision Disability Hearing Disability Cognitive Disability Ambulatory Disability Self-Care Disability

Child Poverty Under the Age of 16 Comparison

Sub-Saharan Africans

Americans

Tragic

19.9%

CHILD POVERTY UNDER THE AGE OF 16

0.0/ 100

METRIC RATING

279th/ 347

METRIC RANK

18.3%

CHILD POVERTY UNDER THE AGE OF 16

1.2/ 100

METRIC RATING

232nd/ 347

METRIC RANK

Subsaharan African vs American Child Poverty Under the Age of 16 Correlation Chart

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 502,334,948 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.650 and weighted average of 19.9%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 567,812,680 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Americans and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.661 and weighted average of 18.3%, a difference of 8.5%.

Child Poverty Under the Age of 16 Correlation Summary

Measurement	Subsaharan African	American
Minimum	0.88%	3.4%
Maximum	100.0%	100.0%
Range	99.1%	96.6%
Mean	27.1%	33.5%
Median	21.4%	26.4%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	18.7%	20.2%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	29.3%	38.2%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	10.6%	18.0%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	17.7%	21.4%
Standard Deviation (Population)	17.5%	21.3%

Similar Demographics by Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

Demographics Similar to Sub-Saharan Africans by Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Bangladeshi (19.9%, a difference of 0.010%), Comanche (19.9%, a difference of 0.010%), Iroquois (19.9%, a difference of 0.10%), Belizean (19.9%, a difference of 0.24%), and Immigrants from Cabo Verde (19.9%, a difference of 0.25%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Child Poverty Under the Age of 16
Immigrants \| Bangladesh	0.1 /100 \| #272	Tragic 19.8%
Immigrants \| Jamaica	0.1 /100 \| #273	Tragic 19.8%
Immigrants \| Cabo Verde	0.1 /100 \| #274	Tragic 19.9%
Immigrants \| Barbados	0.1 /100 \| #275	Tragic 19.9%
Belizeans	0.1 /100 \| #276	Tragic 19.9%
Iroquois	0.1 /100 \| #277	Tragic 19.9%
Bangladeshis	0.0 /100 \| #278	Tragic 19.9%
Sub-Saharan Africans	0.0 /100 \| #279	Tragic 19.9%
Comanche	0.0 /100 \| #280	Tragic 19.9%
Central Americans	0.0 /100 \| #281	Tragic 20.0%
Barbadians	0.0 /100 \| #282	Tragic 20.0%
Immigrants \| Zaire	0.0 /100 \| #283	Tragic 20.1%
West Indians	0.0 /100 \| #284	Tragic 20.1%
Immigrants \| St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0 /100 \| #285	Tragic 20.1%
Immigrants \| West Indies	0.0 /100 \| #286	Tragic 20.2%

Demographics Similar to Americans by Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, the demographic groups most similar to Americans are Fijian (18.4%, a difference of 0.22%), Immigrants from Nigeria (18.4%, a difference of 0.47%), Nigerian (18.4%, a difference of 0.53%), Cree (18.5%, a difference of 0.82%), and Sudanese (18.5%, a difference of 0.85%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Child Poverty Under the Age of 16
Immigrants \| Nonimmigrants	2.7 /100 \| #225	Tragic 17.9%
Bermudans	2.6 /100 \| #226	Tragic 18.0%
Immigrants \| Africa	2.5 /100 \| #227	Tragic 18.0%
Immigrants \| Micronesia	2.3 /100 \| #228	Tragic 18.0%
Marshallese	1.8 /100 \| #229	Tragic 18.1%
Nepalese	1.7 /100 \| #230	Tragic 18.2%
Nicaraguans	1.7 /100 \| #231	Tragic 18.2%
Americans	1.2 /100 \| #232	Tragic 18.3%
Fijians	1.1 /100 \| #233	Tragic 18.4%
Immigrants \| Nigeria	1.0 /100 \| #234	Tragic 18.4%
Nigerians	1.0 /100 \| #235	Tragic 18.4%
Cree	0.9 /100 \| #236	Tragic 18.5%
Sudanese	0.9 /100 \| #237	Tragic 18.5%
Immigrants \| Eritrea	0.8 /100 \| #238	Tragic 18.5%
Immigrants \| Sudan	0.8 /100 \| #239	Tragic 18.5%