Somali vs Korean Doctorate Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 99,087,953 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Somalis and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.310 and weighted average of 1.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 500,370,759 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Koreans and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.473 and weighted average of 1.7%, a difference of 1.9%.

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Somalis are Immigrants from Vietnam (1.8%, a difference of 0.030%), Portuguese (1.8%, a difference of 0.050%), Immigrants from Nigeria (1.8%, a difference of 0.28%), White/Caucasian (1.8%, a difference of 0.35%), and Venezuelan (1.7%, a difference of 0.41%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Koreans are Pueblo (1.7%, a difference of 0.010%), Immigrants from South Eastern Asia (1.7%, a difference of 0.15%), Alaskan Athabascan (1.7%, a difference of 0.15%), Immigrants from Burma/Myanmar (1.7%, a difference of 0.25%), and Immigrants from Armenia (1.7%, a difference of 0.27%).