Immigrants from Mexico vs Chinese Professional Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 508,609,212 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Mexico and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.129 and weighted average of 2.6%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 64,749,783 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Chinese and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.187 and weighted average of 4.5%, a difference of 68.7%.

Professional Degree Correlation Summary

Measurement	Immigrants from Mexico	Chinese
Minimum	0.11%	0.52%
Maximum	16.0%	9.7%
Range	15.9%	9.2%
Mean	2.0%	4.0%
Median	1.4%	3.7%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	0.80%	2.8%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	2.6%	4.8%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	1.8%	2.0%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	2.3%	2.0%
Standard Deviation (Population)	2.3%	2.0%

Similar Demographics by Professional Degree

Demographics Similar to Immigrants from Mexico by Professional Degree

In terms of professional degree, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Mexico are Spanish American Indian (2.7%, a difference of 0.32%), Mexican (2.7%, a difference of 4.0%), Immigrants from the Azores (2.8%, a difference of 6.9%), Lumbee (2.5%, a difference of 7.4%), and Tohono O'odham (2.8%, a difference of 7.6%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Professional Degree
Puget Sound Salish	0.0 /100 \| #333	Tragic 3.1%
Pennsylvania Germans	0.0 /100 \| #334	Tragic 3.0%
Natives/Alaskans	0.0 /100 \| #335	Tragic 3.0%
Fijians	0.0 /100 \| #336	Tragic 2.9%
Arapaho	0.0 /100 \| #337	Tragic 2.9%
Navajo	0.0 /100 \| #338	Tragic 2.9%
Immigrants \| Central America	0.0 /100 \| #339	Tragic 2.9%
Yup'ik	0.0 /100 \| #340	Tragic 2.9%
Tohono O'odham	0.0 /100 \| #341	Tragic 2.8%
Immigrants \| Azores	0.0 /100 \| #342	Tragic 2.8%
Mexicans	0.0 /100 \| #343	Tragic 2.7%
Spanish American Indians	0.0 /100 \| #344	Tragic 2.7%
Immigrants \| Mexico	0.0 /100 \| #345	Tragic 2.6%
Lumbee	0.0 /100 \| #346	Tragic 2.5%
Houma	0.0 /100 \| #347	Tragic 2.2%

Demographics Similar to Chinese by Professional Degree

In terms of professional degree, the demographic groups most similar to Chinese are Immigrants from Sierra Leone (4.5%, a difference of 0.020%), Immigrants from Afghanistan (4.5%, a difference of 0.080%), Immigrants from Colombia (4.5%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Zaire (4.5%, a difference of 0.18%), and Costa Rican (4.5%, a difference of 0.19%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Professional Degree
Peruvians	65.2 /100 \| #162	Good 4.5%
Sierra Leoneans	64.3 /100 \| #163	Good 4.5%
Swiss	61.0 /100 \| #164	Good 4.5%
Costa Ricans	59.9 /100 \| #165	Average 4.5%
Immigrants \| Colombia	59.4 /100 \| #166	Average 4.5%
Immigrants \| Afghanistan	59.2 /100 \| #167	Average 4.5%
Immigrants \| Sierra Leone	58.7 /100 \| #168	Average 4.5%
Chinese	58.6 /100 \| #169	Average 4.5%
Immigrants \| Zaire	57.4 /100 \| #170	Average 4.5%
Immigrants \| Bangladesh	56.0 /100 \| #171	Average 4.4%
Spaniards	52.0 /100 \| #172	Average 4.4%
English	50.1 /100 \| #173	Average 4.4%
Kenyans	50.0 /100 \| #174	Average 4.4%
Irish	50.0 /100 \| #175	Average 4.4%
Immigrants \| Peru	49.3 /100 \| #176	Average 4.4%