Bahamian vs Subsaharan African Unemployment Among Ages 20 to 24 years

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 111,635,282 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Bahamians and unemployment rate among population between the ages 20 and 24 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.528 and weighted average of 11.6%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 484,655,808 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and unemployment rate among population between the ages 20 and 24 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.441 and weighted average of 11.1%, a difference of 4.6%.

In terms of unemployment among ages 20 to 24 years, the demographic groups most similar to Bahamians are Colville (11.6%, a difference of 0.25%), African (11.5%, a difference of 0.28%), Alaskan Athabascan (11.6%, a difference of 0.35%), Sierra Leonean (11.5%, a difference of 0.43%), and Senegalese (11.5%, a difference of 0.47%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Immigrants from Ireland (11.1%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Liberia (11.1%, a difference of 0.16%), Immigrants from Greece (11.1%, a difference of 0.44%), Marshallese (11.0%, a difference of 0.75%), and Maltese (11.2%, a difference of 0.89%).