Immigrants from Northern Africa vs Scotch-Irish Median Earnings

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 321,196,666 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Northern Africa and median earnings in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.531 and weighted average of $49,648. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 548,498,961 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Scotch-Irish and median earnings in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.327 and weighted average of $44,924, a difference of 10.5%.

In terms of median earnings, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Northern Africa are Immigrants from Afghanistan ($49,645, a difference of 0.010%), Immigrants from North Macedonia ($49,658, a difference of 0.020%), Immigrants from Poland ($49,633, a difference of 0.030%), Jordanian ($49,632, a difference of 0.030%), and Immigrants from Lebanon ($49,682, a difference of 0.070%).

In terms of median earnings, the demographic groups most similar to Scotch-Irish are Immigrants from Western Africa ($44,893, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Iraq ($44,988, a difference of 0.14%), Japanese ($44,825, a difference of 0.22%), Native Hawaiian ($45,027, a difference of 0.23%), and Immigrants from Nigeria ($45,030, a difference of 0.24%).