Pennsylvania German vs Senegalese High School Diploma

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 234,102,935 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Pennsylvania Germans and percentage of population with at least high school diploma education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.290 and weighted average of 87.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 78,142,569 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Senegalese and percentage of population with at least high school diploma education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.454 and weighted average of 87.7%, a difference of 0.85%.

In terms of high school diploma, the demographic groups most similar to Pennsylvania Germans are Black/African American (87.0%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Congo (87.0%, a difference of 0.050%), U.S. Virgin Islander (87.1%, a difference of 0.10%), Jamaican (87.2%, a difference of 0.23%), and Immigrants from South Eastern Asia (87.2%, a difference of 0.25%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Senegalese are Immigrants from Nigeria (87.7%, a difference of 0.0%), Spanish American (87.7%, a difference of 0.010%), Ghanaian (87.7%, a difference of 0.040%), Immigrants from South America (87.6%, a difference of 0.10%), and Immigrants from Uruguay (87.6%, a difference of 0.15%).