Immigrants from South Africa vs Scotch-Irish Median Earnings

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 233,296,995 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from South Africa and median earnings in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.287 and weighted average of $51,850. 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 15.4%.

In terms of median earnings, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from South Africa are Immigrants from Austria ($51,826, a difference of 0.050%), Estonian ($51,772, a difference of 0.15%), Immigrants from Norway ($51,758, a difference of 0.18%), Immigrants from Indonesia ($51,715, a difference of 0.26%), and Egyptian ($51,701, a difference of 0.29%).

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%).