Immigrants from Liberia vs Black/African American Unemployment Among Women with Children Ages 6 to 17 years

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 118,003,390 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Liberia and unemployment rate among women with children between the ages 6 and 17 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.238 and weighted average of 10.3%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 359,529,237 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and unemployment rate among women with children between the ages 6 and 17 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.650 and weighted average of 11.4%, a difference of 10.3%.

In terms of unemployment among women with children ages 6 to 17 years, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Liberia are African (10.4%, a difference of 0.84%), American (10.4%, a difference of 1.0%), Immigrants from Cabo Verde (10.4%, a difference of 1.1%), Bahamian (10.4%, a difference of 1.1%), and Immigrants from Dominica (10.5%, a difference of 1.8%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Chippewa (11.1%, a difference of 2.6%), Pennsylvania German (11.0%, a difference of 3.1%), Ottawa (10.9%, a difference of 4.6%), Cape Verdean (10.9%, a difference of 4.8%), and Liberian (10.8%, a difference of 4.9%).