Puerto Rican vs Immigrants from South Central Asia Wage/Income Gap

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 527,155,694 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Puerto Ricans and wage/income gap percentage in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.524 and weighted average of 18.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 472,660,484 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from South Central Asia and wage/income gap percentage in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.385 and weighted average of 29.3%, a difference of 56.7%.

Wage/Income Gap Correlation Summary

Measurement	Puerto Rican	Immigrants from South Central Asia
Minimum	0.0036%	5.2%
Maximum	43.5%	59.4%
Range	43.5%	54.2%
Mean	18.6%	34.9%
Median	20.0%	34.6%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	13.4%	28.1%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	24.3%	41.3%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	10.9%	13.2%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	8.4%	9.3%
Standard Deviation (Population)	8.3%	9.2%

Similar Demographics by Wage/Income Gap

Demographics Similar to Puerto Ricans by Wage/Income Gap

In terms of wage/income gap, the demographic groups most similar to Puerto Ricans are Immigrants from Jamaica (18.8%, a difference of 0.63%), Barbadian (19.0%, a difference of 1.3%), Crow (19.1%, a difference of 1.8%), Immigrants from Guyana (18.4%, a difference of 2.0%), and Guyanese (18.3%, a difference of 2.3%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Wage/Income Gap
Immigrants \| Grenada	100.0 /100 \| #1	Exceptional 16.2%
Immigrants \| St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100.0 /100 \| #2	Exceptional 16.4%
Immigrants \| Barbados	100.0 /100 \| #3	Exceptional 17.8%
British West Indians	100.0 /100 \| #4	Exceptional 18.0%
Guyanese	100.0 /100 \| #5	Exceptional 18.3%
Immigrants \| Guyana	100.0 /100 \| #6	Exceptional 18.4%
Puerto Ricans	100.0 /100 \| #7	Exceptional 18.7%
Immigrants \| Jamaica	100.0 /100 \| #8	Exceptional 18.8%
Barbadians	100.0 /100 \| #9	Exceptional 19.0%
Crow	100.0 /100 \| #10	Exceptional 19.1%
Immigrants \| Haiti	100.0 /100 \| #11	Exceptional 19.2%
Immigrants \| West Indies	100.0 /100 \| #12	Exceptional 19.2%
Trinidadians and Tobagonians	100.0 /100 \| #13	Exceptional 19.3%
Immigrants \| Trinidad and Tobago	100.0 /100 \| #14	Exceptional 19.3%
West Indians	100.0 /100 \| #15	Exceptional 19.6%

Demographics Similar to Immigrants from South Central Asia by Wage/Income Gap

In terms of wage/income gap, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from South Central Asia are European (29.4%, a difference of 0.19%), Swedish (29.4%, a difference of 0.34%), Immigrants from Taiwan (29.5%, a difference of 0.46%), English (29.5%, a difference of 0.47%), and Czech (29.2%, a difference of 0.51%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Wage/Income Gap
Hungarians	0.0 /100 \| #325	Tragic 29.0%
Immigrants \| Belgium	0.0 /100 \| #326	Tragic 29.0%
Immigrants \| Iran	0.0 /100 \| #327	Tragic 29.1%
Scandinavians	0.0 /100 \| #328	Tragic 29.1%
Scottish	0.0 /100 \| #329	Tragic 29.1%
Germans	0.0 /100 \| #330	Tragic 29.2%
Czechs	0.0 /100 \| #331	Tragic 29.2%
Immigrants \| South Central Asia	0.0 /100 \| #332	Tragic 29.3%
Europeans	0.0 /100 \| #333	Tragic 29.4%
Swedes	0.0 /100 \| #334	Tragic 29.4%
Immigrants \| Taiwan	0.0 /100 \| #335	Tragic 29.5%
English	0.0 /100 \| #336	Tragic 29.5%
Dutch	0.0 /100 \| #337	Tragic 29.6%
Filipinos	0.0 /100 \| #338	Tragic 29.7%
Iranians	0.0 /100 \| #339	Tragic 29.7%