Immigrants from Dominican Republic vs Scotch-Irish 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 542,187,635 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Scotch-Irish and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.563 and weighted average of 4.3%, a difference of 26.6%.

Professional Degree Correlation Summary

Measurement	Immigrants from Dominican Republic	Scotch-Irish
Minimum	0.38%	0.53%
Maximum	7.0%	41.7%
Range	6.6%	41.1%
Mean	2.5%	6.5%
Median	2.0%	4.0%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	1.2%	2.8%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	3.8%	5.9%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	2.6%	3.0%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	1.6%	7.5%
Standard Deviation (Population)	1.6%	7.4%

Similar Demographics by Professional Degree

Demographics Similar to Immigrants from Dominican Republic by Professional Degree

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%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Professional Degree
Paiute	0.3 /100 \| #294	Tragic 3.4%
Immigrants \| Guatemala	0.2 /100 \| #295	Tragic 3.4%
Hawaiians	0.2 /100 \| #296	Tragic 3.4%
Immigrants \| Liberia	0.2 /100 \| #297	Tragic 3.4%
Ottawa	0.2 /100 \| #298	Tragic 3.4%
Immigrants \| Yemen	0.2 /100 \| #299	Tragic 3.4%
Blacks/African Americans	0.2 /100 \| #300	Tragic 3.4%
Immigrants \| Dominican Republic	0.2 /100 \| #301	Tragic 3.4%
Malaysians	0.2 /100 \| #302	Tragic 3.4%
Immigrants \| Haiti	0.2 /100 \| #303	Tragic 3.4%
Cajuns	0.2 /100 \| #304	Tragic 3.4%
Chickasaw	0.1 /100 \| #305	Tragic 3.4%
Cape Verdeans	0.1 /100 \| #306	Tragic 3.4%
Samoans	0.1 /100 \| #307	Tragic 3.3%
Shoshone	0.1 /100 \| #308	Tragic 3.3%

Demographics Similar to Scotch-Irish by Professional Degree

In terms of professional degree, the demographic groups most similar to Scotch-Irish are Immigrants from Cameroon (4.3%, a difference of 0.15%), Welsh (4.3%, a difference of 0.27%), Belgian (4.3%, a difference of 0.32%), Immigrants from Thailand (4.3%, a difference of 0.43%), and Slovak (4.3%, a difference of 0.60%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Professional Degree
Immigrants \| Kenya	45.9 /100 \| #179	Average 4.4%
Czechs	44.9 /100 \| #180	Average 4.4%
Danes	43.5 /100 \| #181	Average 4.4%
Immigrants \| Immigrants	43.2 /100 \| #182	Average 4.4%
Bermudans	43.1 /100 \| #183	Average 4.4%
Belgians	36.2 /100 \| #184	Fair 4.3%
Welsh	35.8 /100 \| #185	Fair 4.3%
Scotch-Irish	34.2 /100 \| #186	Fair 4.3%
Immigrants \| Cameroon	33.3 /100 \| #187	Fair 4.3%
Immigrants \| Thailand	31.7 /100 \| #188	Fair 4.3%
Slovaks	30.7 /100 \| #189	Fair 4.3%
Immigrants \| Poland	29.2 /100 \| #190	Fair 4.3%
Sri Lankans	29.0 /100 \| #191	Fair 4.3%
Ghanaians	27.3 /100 \| #192	Fair 4.3%
French	27.1 /100 \| #193	Fair 4.2%