Minneapolis — and the Twin Cities area more generally — has some of the most abysmal numbers on racial inequality in the nation. Some stats: (thread)
The median black family in Twin Cities earns $38,178 a year — less than half of the median white family income of $84,459 a year
The median black family in Twin Cities earns $38,178 a year — less than half of the median white family income of $84,459 a year
⬆️This income inequality gap is one of the largest in the nation; only Milwaukee, Wis., is worse.
The state of Minnesota as a whole has the second biggest income inequality gap between blacks and whites in the entire nation; only the District of Columbia is worse.
The state of Minnesota as a whole has the second biggest income inequality gap between blacks and whites in the entire nation; only the District of Columbia is worse.
Before the pandemic, the black unemployment rate in Minnesota was at a historic low, but it was still double the white rate. In 2016, the Twin Cities area black unemployment rate was more than three times the white unemployment rate.
According to most recent census data, the black poverty rate in the Twin Cities was 25.4%, over 4x the white poverty rate of 5.9%. TC black poverty rate significantly higher than nat'l black poverty rate of 22%; white poverty rate is significantly lower than the nat'l one of 9%.
While about three-quarters of white families in the Twin Cities own homes, only about one-quarter of black families do. The area had a long history where "racial covenants" made it hard for blacks to become homebuyers and live in white neighborhoods.
In 2019, the incarceration rate of blacks in the Twin Cities area was 11 times that of whites.
Minnesota has one of the nation's worst education achievement gaps between blacks and whites. In 2019, it ranked 50th when it comes to racial disparities in high school graduation rates.
