Bonus List

STATES WITH THE GREATEST AND LEAST DISPARITY BETWEEN PER CAPITA INCOMES FOR WHITES VERSUS BLACKS
The South, parts of the Northeast and parts of the Midwest have the greatest disparities between incomes of Whites (including White Hispanics) and Blacks. Small states with low Black populations (both in the west and the upper Northeast) have the least amount of disparity. Figures below the per capita income of Blacks expressed (total income earned by Blacks divided by the Black population) as a percentage of the White per capita income. Unfortunately, in all states, the per capita income of Whites is higher than that of Blacks.

Greatest Disparity:

STATE

1. Louisiana
2. Mississippi
3. Florida
4. Connecticut
5. South Carolina
6. Rhode Island
7. Wisconsin
8. Alabama
9. Minnesota
10. Illinois

BLACK PER CAPITA INCOME EXPRESSED
AS A % OF WHITE PER CAPITA INCOME
49.6
51.8
52.6
53.0
53.3
53.9
54.5
56.2
56.4
56.8

Least Disparity:

STATE

1. Utah
2. Montana
3. Wyoming
4. Idaho
5. Maine
6. West Virginia
7. New Mexico
8. Washington
9. Kentucky
10. New Hampshire

BLACK PER CAPITA INCOME EXPRESSED
AS A % OF WHITE PER CAPITA INCOME
87.0
85.2
82.2
76.2
74.8
74.6
73.1
71.9
71.2
70.7

If the District of Columbia were counted as a state, it would overwhelmingly have the greatest disparity as Black per capita income is only 33.7 percent of White per capita income.

Source of Data: 2000 U.S. Census (using 1999 incomes).

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