Jamaican vs Subsaharan African Unemployment Among Ages 65 to 74 years

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 326,634,265 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and unemployment rate among population between the ages 65 and 74 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.115 and weighted average of 5.6%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 423,071,215 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and unemployment rate among population between the ages 65 and 74 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.533 and weighted average of 5.4%, a difference of 3.7%.

In terms of unemployment among ages 65 to 74 years, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Pueblo (5.6%, a difference of 0.040%), French Canadian (5.6%, a difference of 0.040%), Immigrants from Jamaica (5.6%, a difference of 0.050%), Guyanese (5.6%, a difference of 0.050%), and Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (5.6%, a difference of 0.060%).

In terms of unemployment among ages 65 to 74 years, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Argentinean (5.4%, a difference of 0.0%), Seminole (5.4%, a difference of 0.0%), Icelander (5.4%, a difference of 0.010%), Immigrants from Western Asia (5.4%, a difference of 0.030%), and Immigrants from Pakistan (5.4%, a difference of 0.060%).