Immigrants from Jamaica vs Black/African American Married-couple Households

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 301,578,290 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Jamaica and percentage of married-couple family households in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.307 and weighted average of 40.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 565,301,242 people shows a near-perfect negative correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and percentage of married-couple family households in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.929 and weighted average of 38.5%, a difference of 5.6%.

In terms of married-couple households, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Jamaica are Liberian (40.7%, a difference of 0.010%), Immigrants from Caribbean (40.8%, a difference of 0.29%), Bahamian (40.5%, a difference of 0.36%), West Indian (40.3%, a difference of 0.78%), and Immigrants from Liberia (40.3%, a difference of 0.81%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Senegalese (38.6%, a difference of 0.18%), Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (38.7%, a difference of 0.51%), Immigrants from West Indies (39.0%, a difference of 1.3%), Somali (39.0%, a difference of 1.3%), and Immigrants from Congo (39.0%, a difference of 1.4%).