Puerto Rican vs Immigrants from the Azores Unemployment Among Ages 55 to 59 years

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 468,874,037 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Puerto Ricans and unemployment rate among population between the ages 55 and 59 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.402 and weighted average of 7.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 45,193,942 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from the Azores and unemployment rate among population between the ages 55 and 59 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.475 and weighted average of 5.8%, a difference of 20.8%.

In terms of unemployment among ages 55 to 59 years, the demographic groups most similar to Puerto Ricans are Immigrants from Yemen (6.9%, a difference of 1.1%), Paiute (6.8%, a difference of 3.0%), Navajo (6.7%, a difference of 3.6%), Colville (6.7%, a difference of 3.7%), and Pueblo (6.7%, a difference of 3.9%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from the Azores are Kiowa (5.8%, a difference of 0.26%), Chippewa (5.9%, a difference of 1.9%), Crow (5.9%, a difference of 1.9%), Immigrants from Bangladesh (5.9%, a difference of 1.9%), and Vietnamese (5.9%, a difference of 2.0%).