Black/African American vs Puerto Rican 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 528,321,094 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Puerto Ricans and percentage of population with at least high school diploma education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.223 and weighted average of 84.7%, a difference of 2.8%.

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 Puerto Ricans are Yaqui (84.7%, a difference of 0.10%), Immigrants from Ecuador (84.8%, a difference of 0.20%), Belizean (84.3%, a difference of 0.40%), Cape Verdean (85.1%, a difference of 0.46%), and Immigrants from Caribbean (84.3%, a difference of 0.46%).