Black/African American vs Immigrants from Jamaica Single Mother Households

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 561,713,889 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and percentage of single mother households in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.894 and weighted average of 9.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 301,259,043 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Jamaica and percentage of single mother households in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.309 and weighted average of 8.4%, a difference of 7.5%.

In terms of single mother households, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Lumbee (9.1%, a difference of 1.2%), Cape Verdean (8.9%, a difference of 1.5%), Tohono O'odham (9.1%, a difference of 1.6%), Navajo (8.8%, a difference of 1.7%), and Puerto Rican (8.7%, a difference of 2.9%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Jamaica are Immigrants from Caribbean (8.4%, a difference of 0.18%), British West Indian (8.4%, a difference of 0.31%), Haitian (8.3%, a difference of 0.43%), Immigrants from Haiti (8.4%, a difference of 0.46%), and Yakama (8.4%, a difference of 0.63%).