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Race and Class The Current Reality
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Parity Estimates By using basic statistical techniques, it is possible to predict the approximate date that parity will be reached if present trends continue Median Per-Capita Income: 2067 Median Net Worth: the gap is expanding Median Household Income: parity will not be reached if present trends continue Poverty Rates: 2017
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Unemployment Rate Total: 4.6% White: 4.2% Black: 7.7% Asian: 3.4 % Latino/a: 5.4% Unemployment Rate, August 2007, for the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Aged 16 Years and Older
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Percent of Population in Poverty WhiteBlackLatinoAPANative 20058.324.921.811.125.3 197510.841.730.2 (from 1976) 23.5 (from 1987) n/a
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Poverty Over Time Source: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/hstpov2.html
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Poverty and Childhood
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Indicators for Immigrants
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Median Household Income, 2005
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Median Per Capita Income, 2006 All Americans: $25,267 Whites: $29,406 Blacks: $16,556 Asian/Pacific Islander: $27,844 Latino/a: $14,736 Native American: $15,736 Why don’t per capita and household income line up?
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Gender and Wages
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Changes in Household Income
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Income Categories by Race (1980s)
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Income Disparity 49.7 23.3 14.8 8.8 3.5 Percentage of Income Earned by Quintile in the Income Distribution
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Wealth Median Net Worth (2000) - Home Equity (2000) White$79,400$22,566 Black$7,500$1,166 Latino/a$9,750$1,850
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Wealth and Lineage (1980s)
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Wealth and Education (1980s)
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Home Ownership
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Asset Ownership
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Net Worth Categories by Race, 1980s WhiteBlack
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Net Financial Assets, 1980s WhiteBlack
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How Long will Wealth Last?
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Wealth Disparity
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Wealth Inequality
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Simulating the Wealth Distribution
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