Pennsylvania German vs African GED/Equivalency

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 234,102,935 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Pennsylvania Germans and percentage of population with at least ged/equivalency education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.249 and weighted average of 82.9%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 470,092,963 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Africans and percentage of population with at least ged/equivalency education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.196 and weighted average of 83.4%, a difference of 0.66%.

In terms of ged/equivalency, the demographic groups most similar to Pennsylvania Germans are Barbadian (82.9%, a difference of 0.010%), Immigrants from Trinidad and Tobago (82.8%, a difference of 0.020%), U.S. Virgin Islander (82.9%, a difference of 0.050%), Immigrants from Jamaica (82.9%, a difference of 0.090%), and Hopi (83.0%, a difference of 0.14%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Africans are Colville (83.4%, a difference of 0.010%), Jamaican (83.3%, a difference of 0.13%), Malaysian (83.3%, a difference of 0.16%), Creek (83.6%, a difference of 0.18%), and Immigrants from Vietnam (83.2%, a difference of 0.30%).