Jamaican vs Northern European Unemployment Among Ages 16 to 19 years

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 350,975,671 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and unemployment rate among population between the ages 16 and 19 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.172 and weighted average of 21.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 380,694,439 people shows a strong positive correlation between the proportion of Northern Europeans and unemployment rate among population between the ages 16 and 19 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.776 and weighted average of 16.6%, a difference of 30.7%.

In terms of unemployment among ages 16 to 19 years, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Alaska Native (21.8%, a difference of 0.16%), Houma (21.6%, a difference of 0.41%), Belizean (21.6%, a difference of 0.67%), Vietnamese (21.5%, a difference of 0.89%), and Native/Alaskan (21.5%, a difference of 0.95%).

In terms of unemployment among ages 16 to 19 years, the demographic groups most similar to Northern Europeans are Scotch-Irish (16.6%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Japan (16.6%, a difference of 0.10%), Okinawan (16.6%, a difference of 0.13%), Macedonian (16.6%, a difference of 0.25%), and Slavic (16.7%, a difference of 0.30%).