Puerto Rican vs Black/African American Professional Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 524,505,340 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Puerto Ricans and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.175 and weighted average of 3.2%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 557,362,450 people shows a strong negative correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.790 and weighted average of 3.4%, a difference of 4.9%.

In terms of professional degree, the demographic groups most similar to Puerto Ricans are Immigrants from Laos (3.2%, a difference of 0.010%), Nepalese (3.2%, a difference of 0.21%), Immigrants from Micronesia (3.2%, a difference of 0.24%), Mexican American Indian (3.3%, a difference of 0.69%), and Yuman (3.3%, a difference of 0.90%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Immigrants from Yemen (3.4%, a difference of 0.13%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (3.4%, a difference of 0.14%), Malaysian (3.4%, a difference of 0.25%), Ottawa (3.4%, a difference of 0.80%), and Immigrants from Haiti (3.4%, a difference of 0.91%).