Subsaharan African vs Immigrants from Ecuador Median Earnings

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 508,173,504 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and median earnings in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.593 and weighted average of $44,118. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 271,003,938 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Ecuador and median earnings in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.420 and weighted average of $44,462, a difference of 0.78%.

In terms of median earnings, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Nonimmigrants ($44,117, a difference of 0.0%), Immigrants from Venezuela ($44,163, a difference of 0.10%), Samoan ($44,206, a difference of 0.20%), Immigrants from Burma/Myanmar ($43,998, a difference of 0.27%), and Aleut ($44,241, a difference of 0.28%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Ecuador are Sudanese ($44,419, a difference of 0.10%), British West Indian ($44,552, a difference of 0.20%), Senegalese ($44,373, a difference of 0.20%), Venezuelan ($44,580, a difference of 0.27%), and Cape Verdean ($44,640, a difference of 0.40%).