Black/African American vs Immigrants from Portugal Master's Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 563,961,779 people shows a strong negative correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and percentage of population with at least master's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.778 and weighted average of 12.1%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 174,778,978 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Portugal and percentage of population with at least master's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.582 and weighted average of 12.6%, a difference of 4.6%.

In terms of master's degree, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Cuban (12.1%, a difference of 0.050%), Cape Verdean (12.1%, a difference of 0.070%), Blackfeet (12.1%, a difference of 0.16%), Comanche (12.1%, a difference of 0.25%), and Haitian (12.1%, a difference of 0.31%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Portugal are Osage (12.6%, a difference of 0.48%), Immigrants from Liberia (12.5%, a difference of 0.98%), Japanese (12.5%, a difference of 1.1%), Dominican (12.5%, a difference of 1.1%), and Tongan (12.5%, a difference of 1.1%).