Data Points: Income and Unemployment Equality

In the National Urban League’s definitive report, State of Black America, it ranks the largest U.S. metros for its Equality Index.

Metro Area Income Equality – ranked from most to least equal – black and white income – 71 metros

1 – Riverside-SanBernardino-Ontario, CA

2 – San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

3 – San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

4 – Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwate,r FL

5 – Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

6 – Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

7 – Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

8 – Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

9 – Greensboro-High Point, NC

10 – Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

11 – Austin-Round Rock, TX

16 – Chattanooga, TN-GA

21 – Jacksonville, FL

22 – Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

24 – Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN

29 – Birmingham-Hoover, AL

30 – Jackson, MS

37 – Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

42 – Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN

49 – Memphis, TN-MS-AR

71 – Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

In Memphis metro, African American median household income is $34,562.  White median household income is $66,225.

In the 2016 National Urban League rankings, Memphis was ranked #55 and had moved up six spots in 2017.

Metro Area Income Equality – ranked from most to least equal – Hispanic to non-Hispanic white income – 74 metros

1 – Modesto, CA

2 – Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

3 – Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

4 – Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

5 – Urban Honolulu

6 – Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

7 – Jacksonville, FL

8 – Provo-Orem, UT

9 – Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV

10 – Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

21 – Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN

50 – Austin-Round Rock, TX

53 – Memphis, TN-MS-AR

59 – Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

74 – Springfield, MA

In the Memphis metro, the median household income for Hispanics is $40,284.  Median household income for whites is $66,225.  Memphis had improved from #61 in the 2016 National Urban League rankings to #53 in 2017.

In the ranking in unemployment equality between African Americans and non-Hispanic whites, the Memphis metro ranked #58.  The African American unemployment rate was 12% and the rate for whites was 4.4%.

In the ranking in unemployment equality between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites, Memphis ranked #66.  The Hispanic unemployment rate was 9.5% and the non-Hispanic whites rate was 4.4%

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