South American vs Black/African American Unemployment Among Ages 45 to 54 years

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 475,154,525 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of South Americans and unemployment rate among population between the ages 45 and 54 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.120 and weighted average of 4.6%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 527,917,947 people shows a strong positive correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and unemployment rate among population between the ages 45 and 54 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.733 and weighted average of 5.4%, a difference of 19.0%.

In terms of unemployment among ages 45 to 54 years, the demographic groups most similar to South Americans are Immigrants from Lithuania (4.6%, a difference of 0.020%), Immigrants from Thailand (4.6%, a difference of 0.060%), Peruvian (4.6%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Uruguay (4.6%, a difference of 0.080%), and Estonian (4.6%, a difference of 0.090%).

In terms of unemployment among ages 45 to 54 years, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Barbadian (5.5%, a difference of 0.65%), Vietnamese (5.4%, a difference of 0.76%), Immigrants from Barbados (5.5%, a difference of 0.80%), Immigrants from Bangladesh (5.4%, a difference of 1.0%), and Chippewa (5.5%, a difference of 1.1%).