Somali vs West Indian 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 253,854,054 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of West Indians and percentage of married-couple family households in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.174 and weighted average of 40.3%, a difference of 3.5%.

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%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to West Indians are Immigrants from Liberia (40.3%, a difference of 0.040%), Bahamian (40.5%, a difference of 0.42%), Immigrants from Zaire (40.1%, a difference of 0.70%), Puerto Rican (40.1%, a difference of 0.70%), and Navajo (40.1%, a difference of 0.71%).