Puerto Rican vs Dominican Unemployment Among Youth under 25 years

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 515,241,059 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Puerto Ricans and unemployment rate among youth under the age of 25 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.633 and weighted average of 18.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 351,460,468 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Dominicans and unemployment rate among youth under the age of 25 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.379 and weighted average of 15.7%, a difference of 17.1%.

In terms of unemployment among youth under 25 years, the demographic groups most similar to Puerto Ricans are Navajo (18.6%, a difference of 1.2%), Paiute (17.6%, a difference of 4.8%), Crow (20.1%, a difference of 9.0%), Colville (16.8%, a difference of 9.8%), and Tsimshian (16.5%, a difference of 11.7%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Dominicans are Immigrants from Grenada (15.8%, a difference of 0.67%), Yakama (15.6%, a difference of 0.83%), Immigrants from Yemen (15.6%, a difference of 0.87%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (15.6%, a difference of 1.0%), and British West Indian (15.5%, a difference of 1.1%).