Black/African American vs Immigrants from West Indies High School Diploma

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 566,048,038 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and percentage of population with at least high school diploma education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.491 and weighted average of 87.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 72,457,514 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from West Indies and percentage of population with at least high school diploma education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.614 and weighted average of 86.2%, a difference of 0.96%.

In terms of high school diploma, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Immigrants from Congo (87.0%, a difference of 0.010%), Pennsylvania German (87.0%, a difference of 0.030%), Sri Lankan (87.0%, a difference of 0.040%), Malaysian (87.0%, a difference of 0.060%), and West Indian (86.9%, a difference of 0.12%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from West Indies are Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (86.2%, a difference of 0.020%), Paiute (86.4%, a difference of 0.20%), Immigrants from Barbados (86.4%, a difference of 0.24%), Dutch West Indian (86.5%, a difference of 0.30%), and Indonesian (86.5%, a difference of 0.35%).