Immigrants from Ireland vs Black/African American Doctorate Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 240,028,827 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Ireland and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.157 and weighted average of 2.5%. 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 76.0%.

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Ireland are Estonian (2.5%, a difference of 0.41%), Russian (2.6%, a difference of 0.49%), Immigrants from Kuwait (2.6%, a difference of 0.65%), Immigrants from Russia (2.5%, a difference of 0.74%), and Immigrants from Spain (2.6%, a difference of 0.92%).

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%).