Puerto Rican vs Native/Alaskan 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 455,461,585 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Natives/Alaskans and unemployment rate among population between the ages 55 and 59 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.495 and weighted average of 6.0%, a difference of 15.9%.

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%), Alaskan Athabascan (7.1%, a difference of 2.5%), Paiute (6.8%, a difference of 3.0%), Navajo (6.7%, a difference of 3.6%), and Colville (6.7%, a difference of 3.7%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Natives/Alaskans are Immigrants from Armenia (6.0%, a difference of 0.37%), Arapaho (6.1%, a difference of 0.88%), Yuman (6.1%, a difference of 2.1%), Vietnamese (5.9%, a difference of 2.1%), and Crow (5.9%, a difference of 2.2%).