Native/Alaskan vs Immigrants from Mexico Professional Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 508,142,680 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Natives/Alaskans and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.424 and weighted average of 3.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 508,609,212 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Mexico and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.129 and weighted average of 2.6%, a difference of 11.8%.

In terms of professional degree, the demographic groups most similar to Natives/Alaskans are Pennsylvania German (3.0%, a difference of 0.56%), Fijian (2.9%, a difference of 1.0%), Arapaho (2.9%, a difference of 2.8%), Navajo (2.9%, a difference of 2.9%), and Immigrants from Central America (2.9%, a difference of 3.0%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Mexico are Spanish American Indian (2.7%, a difference of 0.32%), Mexican (2.7%, a difference of 4.0%), Immigrants from the Azores (2.8%, a difference of 6.9%), Lumbee (2.5%, a difference of 7.4%), and Tohono O'odham (2.8%, a difference of 7.6%).