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Comparative Income Inequality: The US is now an outlier among other wealthy industrialized (OECD) nations, 2007 w w w. b o s t o n i n d i c a t o r s. o r g
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Income Inequality, Boston: Aggregate income, bottom quintile at 2%; top 5 % at 25%, 2008
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Income Inequality, US: After WW II, income inequality among American families declined,
rising sharply in the 80’s into 2007
Comparative Income Inequality: The US is now an outlier among other wealthy
industrialized (OECD) nations, 2007
w w w. b o s t o n i n d i c a t o r s. o r g
The Geography of Income Inequality: US Gini Ratio by State, 2007
MA Gini ratio: .47
NY Gini ratio: .50
MA
MA Gini ratio: .47
NY Gini ratio: .50
The Geography of Income Inequality: New England Counties, Gini Ratio, 2007-2009
Fairfield County Gini ratio: .54
Suffolk County Gini ratio: .51
Lincoln County Gini ratio: .48
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The Geography of Income Inequality: Just 47 of 3200 US counties had a Gini ratio
above .51 in 2007-2009
Correlation of Inequality and Quality of Life: Obesity Rate by State,1997
Correlation of Inequality and Quality of Life:
Obesity Rate by State, 2007
The Geography of Income Inequality: Just 47 of 3200 US counties had a Gini ratio
above .51 in 2007-2009
Percentage African American by US County
Percent Children in Poverty by Census Tract, Boston 2000
Percent African-American Population – by Census Tract, Boston, 2000
This Map Shows that a Gini Ratio of .51 and above is quite high even among Developing Countries for which there is reliable data.
Percent Latino Population – by Census Tract, Boston, 2000
Foreclosures by Boston Census Tract, 2008
Countries with Gini Ratio above .51
This Map Shows that a Gini Ratio of .51 and above is quite high even among Developing Countries for which there is reliable data.
Correlation of Income Inequality With Quality of Life: Children in Poverty by Census Tract
(2000) and Foreclosed Properties, Boston, 2008
©2007 University of Massachusetts
©2007 University of Massachusetts