Black/African American vs Nonimmigrants 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 553,265,434 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Nonimmigrants and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.428 and weighted average of 1.7%, a difference of 16.6%.

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%), Cape Verdean (1.4%, a difference of 0.24%), Immigrants from El Salvador (1.4%, a difference of 0.38%), and Cajun (1.5%, a difference of 0.56%).

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Nonimmigrants are Immigrants from Venezuela (1.7%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Uruguay (1.7%, a difference of 0.19%), Immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.7%, a difference of 0.53%), Immigrants from Poland (1.7%, a difference of 0.75%), and Immigrants from Iraq (1.7%, a difference of 0.85%).