Black/African American vs Immigrants from Portugal Professional Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 557,362,450 people shows a strong negative correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.790 and weighted average of 3.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 174,657,094 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Portugal and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.553 and weighted average of 3.5%, a difference of 4.2%.

In terms of professional degree, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Immigrants from Yemen (3.4%, a difference of 0.13%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (3.4%, a difference of 0.14%), Malaysian (3.4%, a difference of 0.25%), Ottawa (3.4%, a difference of 0.80%), and Immigrants from Liberia (3.4%, a difference of 0.85%).

In terms of professional degree, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Portugal are Japanese (3.5%, a difference of 0.040%), Dominican (3.5%, a difference of 0.040%), Apache (3.5%, a difference of 0.060%), Immigrants from Caribbean (3.5%, a difference of 0.080%), and Cheyenne (3.6%, a difference of 0.10%).