Somali vs Black/African American 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 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 1.3%.

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 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%), British West Indian (38.3%, a difference of 0.43%), and Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (38.7%, a difference of 0.51%).