Jamaican vs West Indian In Labor Force | Age > 16

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Race

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Ancestry

Afghan African Alaska Native Alaskan Athabascan Albanian Aleut Alsatian American 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 Yakama Yaqui Yugoslavian Yuman Yup'ik Zimbabwean

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West Indian

Race

Asian Black/African American Hawaiian Hispanic or Latino Native/Alaskan White/Caucasian

Ancestry

Afghan African Alaska Native Alaskan Athabascan Albanian Aleut Alsatian American 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 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 WelshWest IndianYakama Yaqui Yugoslavian Yuman Yup'ik Zimbabwean

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In Labor Force | Age > 16

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

In Labor Force | Age > 16 Comparison

Jamaicans

West Indians

Poor

Tragic

64.9%

IN LABOR FORCE | AGE > 16

18.7/ 100

METRIC RATING

205th/ 347

METRIC RANK

64.5%

IN LABOR FORCE | AGE > 16

3.0/ 100

METRIC RATING

245th/ 347

METRIC RANK

Jamaican vs West Indian In Labor Force | Age > 16 Correlation Chart

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 368,080,959 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and labor force participation rate among population ages 16 and over in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.291 and weighted average of 64.9%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 254,052,877 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of West Indians and labor force participation rate among population ages 16 and over in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.520 and weighted average of 64.5%, a difference of 0.56%.

In Labor Force | Age > 16 Correlation Summary

Measurement	Jamaican	West Indian
Minimum	53.6%	37.5%
Maximum	92.6%	87.9%
Range	39.0%	50.4%
Mean	65.5%	64.8%
Median	65.2%	65.1%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	63.4%	60.7%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	66.5%	66.2%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	3.1%	5.5%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	5.8%	7.9%
Standard Deviation (Population)	5.8%	7.8%

Similar Demographics by In Labor Force | Age > 16

Demographics Similar to Jamaicans by In Labor Force | Age > 16

In terms of in labor force | age > 16, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Russian (64.9%, a difference of 0.0%), Slovene (64.9%, a difference of 0.0%), Immigrants from Belgium (64.9%, a difference of 0.010%), Ukrainian (64.9%, a difference of 0.020%), and Armenian (64.9%, a difference of 0.030%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	In Labor Force \| Age > 16
Greeks	26.1 /100 \| #198	Fair 64.9%
Mexican American Indians	23.1 /100 \| #199	Fair 64.9%
Armenians	20.2 /100 \| #200	Fair 64.9%
Ukrainians	19.6 /100 \| #201	Poor 64.9%
Immigrants \| Belgium	19.4 /100 \| #202	Poor 64.9%
Russians	18.8 /100 \| #203	Poor 64.9%
Slovenes	18.7 /100 \| #204	Poor 64.9%
Jamaicans	18.7 /100 \| #205	Poor 64.9%
Lithuanians	17.4 /100 \| #206	Poor 64.8%
Immigrants \| Latin America	16.4 /100 \| #207	Poor 64.8%
Belizeans	16.2 /100 \| #208	Poor 64.8%
Immigrants \| Trinidad and Tobago	15.6 /100 \| #209	Poor 64.8%
Immigrants \| Denmark	14.7 /100 \| #210	Poor 64.8%
Fijians	14.1 /100 \| #211	Poor 64.8%
Alaskan Athabascans	13.9 /100 \| #212	Poor 64.8%

Demographics Similar to West Indians by In Labor Force | Age > 16

In terms of in labor force | age > 16, the demographic groups most similar to West Indians are Tsimshian (64.5%, a difference of 0.0%), Immigrants from Lebanon (64.5%, a difference of 0.020%), Immigrants from Netherlands (64.5%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Dominica (64.5%, a difference of 0.040%), and Immigrants from Bangladesh (64.5%, a difference of 0.050%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	In Labor Force \| Age > 16
Lebanese	3.9 /100 \| #238	Tragic 64.5%
Immigrants \| Hungary	3.8 /100 \| #239	Tragic 64.5%
Immigrants \| Bangladesh	3.6 /100 \| #240	Tragic 64.5%
Immigrants \| Dominica	3.5 /100 \| #241	Tragic 64.5%
Immigrants \| Netherlands	3.4 /100 \| #242	Tragic 64.5%
Immigrants \| Lebanon	3.2 /100 \| #243	Tragic 64.5%
Tsimshian	3.1 /100 \| #244	Tragic 64.5%
West Indians	3.0 /100 \| #245	Tragic 64.5%
Immigrants \| Caribbean	2.3 /100 \| #246	Tragic 64.4%
Swiss	2.1 /100 \| #247	Tragic 64.4%
Immigrants \| Barbados	2.1 /100 \| #248	Tragic 64.4%
Germans	1.8 /100 \| #249	Tragic 64.4%
British West Indians	1.8 /100 \| #250	Tragic 64.4%
Portuguese	1.6 /100 \| #251	Tragic 64.4%
Immigrants \| Dominican Republic	1.5 /100 \| #252	Tragic 64.4%