Subsaharan African vs Immigrants from Hong Kong 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 253,960,155 people shows a slight positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Hong Kong and median earnings in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.068 and weighted average of $59,433, a difference of 34.7%.

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%).

In terms of median earnings, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Hong Kong are Thai ($59,237, a difference of 0.33%), Immigrants from Singapore ($59,038, a difference of 0.67%), Iranian ($58,474, a difference of 1.6%), Immigrants from India ($60,648, a difference of 2.0%), and Immigrants from Taiwan ($61,151, a difference of 2.9%).