Immigrants from Caribbean vs Black/African American Doctorate Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 443,887,060 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Caribbean and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.510 and weighted average of 1.3%. Similarly, 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%, a difference of 12.6%.

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Caribbean are Yakama (1.3%, a difference of 0.16%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (1.3%, a difference of 0.19%), Immigrants from Latin America (1.3%, a difference of 1.7%), Yup'ik (1.3%, a difference of 1.8%), and Haitian (1.3%, a difference of 2.0%).

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%).