Black/African American vs Central American 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 504,619,347 people shows a significant negative correlation between the proportion of Central Americans and percentage of population with at least high school diploma education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.665 and weighted average of 82.5%, a difference of 5.4%.

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%), U.S. Virgin Islander (87.1%, a difference of 0.060%), and Malaysian (87.0%, a difference of 0.060%).

In terms of high school diploma, the demographic groups most similar to Central Americans are Immigrants from Honduras (82.5%, a difference of 0.10%), Immigrants from the Azores (82.8%, a difference of 0.31%), Hispanic or Latino (82.9%, a difference of 0.39%), Dominican (82.9%, a difference of 0.49%), and Immigrants from Latin America (82.1%, a difference of 0.49%).