Jamaican vs American Unemployment Among Youth under 25 years

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Jamaican

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 ItalianJamaicanJapanese 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 Subsaharan African 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

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 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 Subsaharan African 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

Unemployment Among Youth under 25 years

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 5 Child Poverty Under the Age of 16 Child 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

Unemployment Among Youth under 25 years Comparison

Jamaicans

Americans

Tragic

Fair

14.4%

UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTH UNDER 25 YEARS

0.0/ 100

METRIC RATING

314th/ 347

METRIC RANK

11.7%

UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTH UNDER 25 YEARS

34.5/ 100

METRIC RATING

183rd/ 347

METRIC RANK

Jamaican vs American Unemployment Among Youth under 25 years Correlation Chart

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 364,456,442 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and unemployment rate among youth under the age of 25 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.181 and weighted average of 14.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 554,335,703 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Americans and unemployment rate among youth under the age of 25 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.637 and weighted average of 11.7%, a difference of 23.1%.

Unemployment Among Youth under 25 years Correlation Summary

Measurement	Jamaican	American
Minimum	1.7%	5.1%
Maximum	31.1%	100.1%
Range	29.4%	95.0%
Mean	15.9%	19.6%
Median	15.4%	12.8%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	12.5%	11.1%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	17.2%	19.1%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	4.6%	8.0%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	5.4%	18.5%
Standard Deviation (Population)	5.4%	18.5%

Similar Demographics by Unemployment Among Youth under 25 years

Demographics Similar to Jamaicans by Unemployment Among Youth under 25 years

In terms of unemployment among youth under 25 years, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Immigrants from Armenia (14.4%, a difference of 0.090%), Sioux (14.4%, a difference of 0.11%), Native/Alaskan (14.5%, a difference of 0.54%), Black/African American (14.5%, a difference of 0.63%), and Vietnamese (14.3%, a difference of 0.92%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Unemployment Among Youth under 25 years
Immigrants \| Haiti	0.0 /100 \| #307	Tragic 14.0%
Immigrants \| Belize	0.0 /100 \| #308	Tragic 14.0%
Aleuts	0.0 /100 \| #309	Tragic 14.1%
Immigrants \| West Indies	0.0 /100 \| #310	Tragic 14.2%
Immigrants \| Bangladesh	0.0 /100 \| #311	Tragic 14.2%
Vietnamese	0.0 /100 \| #312	Tragic 14.3%
Immigrants \| Armenia	0.0 /100 \| #313	Tragic 14.4%
Jamaicans	0.0 /100 \| #314	Tragic 14.4%
Sioux	0.0 /100 \| #315	Tragic 14.4%
Natives/Alaskans	0.0 /100 \| #316	Tragic 14.5%
Blacks/African Americans	0.0 /100 \| #317	Tragic 14.5%
Immigrants \| Dominica	0.0 /100 \| #318	Tragic 14.6%
West Indians	0.0 /100 \| #319	Tragic 14.6%
Barbadians	0.0 /100 \| #320	Tragic 14.6%
Cheyenne	0.0 /100 \| #321	Tragic 14.6%

Demographics Similar to Americans by Unemployment Among Youth under 25 years

In terms of unemployment among youth under 25 years, the demographic groups most similar to Americans are Immigrants from Eastern Europe (11.7%, a difference of 0.010%), French American Indian (11.7%, a difference of 0.020%), Maltese (11.7%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Italy (11.7%, a difference of 0.080%), and Immigrants from Egypt (11.7%, a difference of 0.12%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Unemployment Among Youth under 25 years
Ugandans	45.6 /100 \| #176	Average 11.6%
Immigrants \| Denmark	45.0 /100 \| #177	Average 11.6%
Immigrants \| Europe	42.4 /100 \| #178	Average 11.6%
Immigrants \| Hong Kong	42.4 /100 \| #179	Average 11.6%
Spaniards	39.8 /100 \| #180	Fair 11.7%
Syrians	38.4 /100 \| #181	Fair 11.7%
Immigrants \| Italy	36.2 /100 \| #182	Fair 11.7%
Americans	34.5 /100 \| #183	Fair 11.7%
Immigrants \| Eastern Europe	34.1 /100 \| #184	Fair 11.7%
French American Indians	34.0 /100 \| #185	Fair 11.7%
Maltese	33.9 /100 \| #186	Fair 11.7%
Immigrants \| Egypt	31.9 /100 \| #187	Fair 11.7%
Immigrants \| Poland	31.4 /100 \| #188	Fair 11.7%
Japanese	30.8 /100 \| #189	Fair 11.7%
Portuguese	30.3 /100 \| #190	Fair 11.7%