Somali vs Sierra Leonean Married-couple Households

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 99,290,778 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Somalis and percentage of married-couple family households in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.585 and weighted average of 39.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 83,352,562 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Sierra Leoneans and percentage of married-couple family households in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.310 and weighted average of 42.9%, a difference of 10.0%.

In terms of married-couple households, the demographic groups most similar to Somalis are Immigrants from West Indies (39.0%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Congo (39.0%, a difference of 0.090%), Immigrants from Barbados (39.2%, a difference of 0.52%), Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (38.7%, a difference of 0.81%), and Immigrants from Dominica (39.4%, a difference of 0.96%).

In terms of married-couple households, the demographic groups most similar to Sierra Leoneans are Immigrants from Africa (42.9%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Ecuador (42.9%, a difference of 0.050%), Immigrants from Guatemala (42.8%, a difference of 0.13%), Immigrants from Eastern Africa (42.9%, a difference of 0.14%), and Immigrants from Ethiopia (43.1%, a difference of 0.39%).