Immigrants from Iraq vs Immigrants from South America Doctorate Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 194,187,251 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Iraq and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.329 and weighted average of 1.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 479,287,152 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from South America and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.012 and weighted average of 1.8%, a difference of 3.7%.

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Iraq are Tlingit-Haida (1.7%, a difference of 0.46%), Spanish American (1.7%, a difference of 0.84%), Immigrants from Burma/Myanmar (1.7%, a difference of 1.1%), Alaskan Athabascan (1.7%, a difference of 1.1%), and Pueblo (1.7%, a difference of 1.3%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from South America are White/Caucasian (1.8%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Nigeria (1.8%, a difference of 0.18%), Portuguese (1.8%, a difference of 0.40%), Immigrants from Vietnam (1.8%, a difference of 0.43%), and Somali (1.7%, a difference of 0.46%).