West Indian vs Black/African American Married-couple Households

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%. 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 4.8%.

In terms of married-couple households, 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%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Immigrants from Somalia (38.4%, a difference of 0.14%), Senegalese (38.6%, a difference of 0.18%), Immigrants from Senegal (38.4%, a difference of 0.30%), Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (38.7%, a difference of 0.51%), and Immigrants from West Indies (39.0%, a difference of 1.3%).