West Indian vs Immigrants from Jamaica Unemployment Among Ages 45 to 54 years

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 250,886,233 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of West Indians and unemployment rate among population between the ages 45 and 54 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.147 and weighted average of 5.3%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 296,481,042 people shows a slight positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Jamaica and unemployment rate among population between the ages 45 and 54 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.074 and weighted average of 5.4%, a difference of 1.7%.

In terms of unemployment among ages 45 to 54 years, the demographic groups most similar to West Indians are Aleut (5.3%, a difference of 0.0%), Immigrants from Trinidad and Tobago (5.3%, a difference of 0.12%), Ecuadorian (5.3%, a difference of 0.14%), Jamaican (5.3%, a difference of 0.19%), and Belizean (5.2%, a difference of 0.34%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Jamaica are Immigrants from West Indies (5.4%, a difference of 0.17%), Immigrants from Belize (5.3%, a difference of 0.18%), Immigrants from Ecuador (5.3%, a difference of 0.27%), Immigrants from Bangladesh (5.4%, a difference of 0.33%), and Vietnamese (5.4%, a difference of 0.59%).