Black/African American vs Immigrants from Jamaica Doctorate Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 542,418,709 people shows a strong negative correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.738 and weighted average of 1.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 299,587,727 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Jamaica and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.524 and weighted average of 1.4%, a difference of 5.6%.

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Alaska Native (1.4%, a difference of 0.17%), Choctaw (1.4%, a difference of 0.23%), Immigrants from Yemen (1.4%, a difference of 0.76%), Samoan (1.4%, a difference of 1.5%), and Guatemalan (1.4%, a difference of 2.2%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Jamaica are Immigrants from Grenada (1.4%, a difference of 0.30%), Immigrants from Laos (1.4%, a difference of 0.71%), Cuban (1.4%, a difference of 0.76%), Guyanese (1.4%, a difference of 1.0%), and Pennsylvania German (1.4%, a difference of 1.0%).