Immigrants from Dominican Republic vs Native/Alaskan Professional Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 274,641,839 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Dominican Republic and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.376 and weighted average of 3.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 508,142,680 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Natives/Alaskans and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.424 and weighted average of 3.0%, a difference of 14.9%.

In terms of professional degree, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Dominican Republic are Malaysian (3.4%, a difference of 0.11%), Black/African American (3.4%, a difference of 0.14%), Immigrants from Yemen (3.4%, a difference of 0.28%), Immigrants from Haiti (3.4%, a difference of 0.76%), and Cajun (3.4%, a difference of 0.77%).

In terms of professional degree, the demographic groups most similar to Natives/Alaskans are Pennsylvania German (3.0%, a difference of 0.56%), Fijian (2.9%, a difference of 1.0%), Arapaho (2.9%, a difference of 2.8%), Navajo (2.9%, a difference of 2.9%), and Immigrants from Central America (2.9%, a difference of 3.0%).