Black/African American vs Immigrants from Ghana Unemployment Among Ages 16 to 19 years

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 508,068,694 people shows a strong positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and unemployment rate among population between the ages 16 and 19 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.756 and weighted average of 21.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 195,838,231 people shows a slight negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Ghana and unemployment rate among population between the ages 16 and 19 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.069 and weighted average of 19.8%, a difference of 8.1%.

In terms of unemployment among ages 16 to 19 years, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are U.S. Virgin Islander (21.3%, a difference of 0.58%), Immigrants from Senegal (21.2%, a difference of 0.99%), Aleut (21.2%, a difference of 1.1%), Senegalese (21.0%, a difference of 2.0%), and Immigrants from Caribbean (20.9%, a difference of 2.4%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Ghana are Immigrants from the Azores (19.8%, a difference of 0.12%), Pueblo (19.8%, a difference of 0.29%), Immigrants from Sierra Leone (20.0%, a difference of 0.83%), Immigrants from Yemen (20.0%, a difference of 1.3%), and Comanche (20.2%, a difference of 2.3%).