Black/African American vs Immigrants from Ghana Unemployment Among Ages 55 to 59 years

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 486,654,676 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and unemployment rate among population between the ages 55 and 59 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.558 and weighted average of 5.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 192,569,622 people shows a slight positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Ghana and unemployment rate among population between the ages 55 and 59 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.094 and weighted average of 5.3%, a difference of 3.9%.

In terms of unemployment among ages 55 to 59 years, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Immigrants from Portugal (5.5%, a difference of 0.17%), Marshallese (5.5%, a difference of 0.52%), Sierra Leonean (5.5%, a difference of 0.53%), Immigrants from Dominica (5.5%, a difference of 0.93%), and Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (5.4%, a difference of 1.2%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Ghana are Immigrants from Guatemala (5.3%, a difference of 0.020%), Immigrants from Israel (5.3%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Central America (5.3%, a difference of 0.090%), Armenian (5.3%, a difference of 0.12%), and Sioux (5.3%, a difference of 0.12%).