Subsaharan African vs Somali Child Poverty Under the Age of 5

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 484,697,114 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.819 and weighted average of 20.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 98,642,642 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Somalis and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.623 and weighted average of 21.1%, a difference of 1.7%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 5, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Immigrants from Grenada (20.7%, a difference of 0.37%), Immigrants from West Indies (20.7%, a difference of 0.39%), French American Indian (20.8%, a difference of 0.41%), West Indian (20.6%, a difference of 0.56%), and Senegalese (20.9%, a difference of 0.64%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Somalis are Comanche (21.0%, a difference of 0.33%), Haitian (21.2%, a difference of 0.47%), Potawatomi (21.0%, a difference of 0.53%), Immigrants from Latin America (21.2%, a difference of 0.55%), and Immigrants from Zaire (21.3%, a difference of 0.64%).