Black/African American vs Immigrants 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 577,785,048 people shows a significant negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants and percentage of population with at least high school diploma education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.655 and weighted average of 85.8%, a difference of 1.4%.

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 Immigrants are Immigrants from Fiji (85.8%, a difference of 0.020%), British West Indian (85.9%, a difference of 0.050%), Japanese (85.9%, a difference of 0.070%), Haitian (85.9%, a difference of 0.080%), and Fijian (86.0%, a difference of 0.21%).