Black/African American vs Immigrants from Japan Doctorate Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 542,418,709 people shows a strong negative correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.738 and weighted average of 1.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 338,241,347 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Japan and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.451 and weighted average of 2.8%, a difference of 93.0%.

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Alaska Native (1.4%, a difference of 0.17%), Choctaw (1.4%, a difference of 0.23%), Cape Verdean (1.4%, a difference of 0.24%), Immigrants from El Salvador (1.4%, a difference of 0.38%), and Cajun (1.5%, a difference of 0.56%).

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Japan are Immigrants from Hong Kong (2.8%, a difference of 0.35%), Immigrants from Sri Lanka (2.8%, a difference of 0.37%), Immigrants from Australia (2.8%, a difference of 0.62%), Thai (2.8%, a difference of 0.70%), and Mongolian (2.8%, a difference of 0.91%).