Immigrants from South America vs Portuguese Master's Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 486,157,509 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from South America and percentage of population with at least master's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.163 and weighted average of 15.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 450,138,380 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Portuguese and percentage of population with at least master's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.269 and weighted average of 13.9%, a difference of 11.1%.

Master's Degree Correlation Summary

Measurement	Immigrants from South America	Portuguese
Minimum	2.5%	1.8%
Maximum	35.5%	28.7%
Range	33.0%	26.9%
Mean	15.0%	11.3%
Median	14.1%	11.6%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	10.9%	7.6%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	16.8%	14.3%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	5.9%	6.7%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	6.8%	5.3%
Standard Deviation (Population)	6.8%	5.2%

Similar Demographics by Master's Degree

Demographics Similar to Immigrants from South America by Master's Degree

In terms of master's degree, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from South America are Immigrants from Bangladesh (15.5%, a difference of 0.040%), Icelander (15.5%, a difference of 0.090%), Slavic (15.5%, a difference of 0.12%), Iraqi (15.5%, a difference of 0.17%), and Slovene (15.5%, a difference of 0.29%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Master's Degree
Hungarians	79.1 /100 \| #147	Good 15.6%
Immigrants \| Senegal	78.2 /100 \| #148	Good 15.5%
Ghanaians	78.2 /100 \| #149	Good 15.5%
Slovenes	78.0 /100 \| #150	Good 15.5%
Iraqis	77.3 /100 \| #151	Good 15.5%
Slavs	77.0 /100 \| #152	Good 15.5%
Icelanders	76.8 /100 \| #153	Good 15.5%
Immigrants \| South America	76.3 /100 \| #154	Good 15.5%
Immigrants \| Bangladesh	76.1 /100 \| #155	Good 15.5%
Bermudans	73.9 /100 \| #156	Good 15.4%
Immigrants \| Cameroon	71.7 /100 \| #157	Good 15.4%
Immigrants \| Poland	71.5 /100 \| #158	Good 15.4%
Luxembourgers	71.0 /100 \| #159	Good 15.3%
Kenyans	70.3 /100 \| #160	Good 15.3%
Sudanese	68.7 /100 \| #161	Good 15.3%

Demographics Similar to Portuguese by Master's Degree

In terms of master's degree, the demographic groups most similar to Portuguese are Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (13.9%, a difference of 0.050%), Immigrants from Grenada (14.0%, a difference of 0.21%), Immigrants from South Eastern Asia (14.0%, a difference of 0.26%), Ecuadorian (14.0%, a difference of 0.46%), and Korean (14.0%, a difference of 0.49%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Master's Degree
French Canadians	14.9 /100 \| #218	Poor 14.1%
Norwegians	13.6 /100 \| #219	Poor 14.0%
Germans	13.1 /100 \| #220	Poor 14.0%
Koreans	12.7 /100 \| #221	Poor 14.0%
Ecuadorians	12.6 /100 \| #222	Poor 14.0%
Immigrants \| South Eastern Asia	11.9 /100 \| #223	Poor 14.0%
Immigrants \| Grenada	11.8 /100 \| #224	Poor 14.0%
Portuguese	11.2 /100 \| #225	Poor 13.9%
Immigrants \| St. Vincent and the Grenadines	11.0 /100 \| #226	Poor 13.9%
Immigrants \| West Indies	9.8 /100 \| #227	Tragic 13.9%
Whites/Caucasians	9.1 /100 \| #228	Tragic 13.8%
British West Indians	8.8 /100 \| #229	Tragic 13.8%
Dutch	8.7 /100 \| #230	Tragic 13.8%
Guyanese	7.6 /100 \| #231	Tragic 13.7%
Immigrants \| Philippines	6.0 /100 \| #232	Tragic 13.6%