Black/African American vs Immigrants from Portugal Bachelor's Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 565,857,967 people shows a very strong negative correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and percentage of population with at least bachelor's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.829 and weighted average of 30.9%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 174,788,694 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Portugal and percentage of population with at least bachelor's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.560 and weighted average of 32.2%, a difference of 4.2%.

In terms of bachelor's degree, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Immigrants from Honduras (30.9%, a difference of 0.040%), Puerto Rican (31.0%, a difference of 0.080%), Ute (30.9%, a difference of 0.080%), Cape Verdean (30.9%, a difference of 0.18%), and Guatemalan (31.0%, a difference of 0.22%).

In terms of bachelor's degree, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Portugal are Immigrants from Belize (32.1%, a difference of 0.41%), Cuban (32.5%, a difference of 0.76%), Immigrants from Dominica (32.5%, a difference of 0.88%), Bahamian (32.5%, a difference of 0.91%), and Central American Indian (32.5%, a difference of 0.94%).