Immigrants from Southern Europe vs Northern European Doctorate Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 399,415,289 people shows a perfect positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Southern Europe and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.964 and weighted average of 2.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 401,433,855 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Northern Europeans and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.467 and weighted average of 2.2%, a difference of 9.8%.

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Southern Europe are Immigrants from Jordan (2.0%, a difference of 0.030%), Croatian (2.0%, a difference of 0.46%), Immigrants from Morocco (2.0%, a difference of 0.50%), Pakistani (2.0%, a difference of 0.79%), and Icelander (2.1%, a difference of 0.92%).

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Northern Europeans are Immigrants from Belarus (2.2%, a difference of 0.070%), Ugandan (2.2%, a difference of 0.28%), Immigrants from Argentina (2.2%, a difference of 0.34%), Immigrants from Lebanon (2.2%, a difference of 0.59%), and Immigrants from Hungary (2.2%, a difference of 0.60%).