Black/African American vs Immigrants from Portugal Currently Married

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 565,898,128 people shows a near-perfect negative correlation between the proportion of Blacks/African Americans and percentage of population currently married in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.950 and weighted average of 39.6%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 174,784,868 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Portugal and percentage of population currently married in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.365 and weighted average of 45.2%, a difference of 14.1%.

In terms of currently married, the demographic groups most similar to Blacks/African Americans are Cape Verdean (39.6%, a difference of 0.090%), Dominican (39.5%, a difference of 0.25%), British West Indian (39.8%, a difference of 0.38%), Lumbee (39.8%, a difference of 0.56%), and Puerto Rican (39.9%, a difference of 0.72%).

In terms of currently married, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Portugal are Panamanian (45.3%, a difference of 0.12%), Kenyan (45.2%, a difference of 0.13%), Mexican (45.2%, a difference of 0.14%), Immigrants from the Azores (45.1%, a difference of 0.34%), and Immigrants from Thailand (45.4%, a difference of 0.36%).