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

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 170,418,192 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Vietnamese and poverty level among seniors over the age of 65 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.288 and weighted average of 14.0%. 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 1.8%.

In terms of seniors poverty over the age of 65, the demographic groups most similar to Vietnamese are Immigrants from Jamaica (13.9%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Belize (14.0%, a difference of 0.28%), Apache (13.9%, a difference of 0.34%), Ecuadorian (14.0%, a difference of 0.35%), and Immigrants from Uzbekistan (14.0%, a difference of 0.43%). Similarly, 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%).