Tables

Economic Benchmarks


12. PERCENT OF BLACK FEMALE-HEADED FAMILIES IN POVERTY, CITIES, 1989.

 

Rank

City

Percent in Poverty

1

Honolulu CDP, HI

7.8

2

San Jose city, CA

24.9

3

Washington city, DC

26.5

4

El Paso city, TX

30.3

5

Virginia Beach city, VA

32.3

6

Boston city, MA

34.1

7

New York city, NY

34.5

8

Los Angeles City, CA

35.8

9

Charlotte city, NC

37.2

10

Oakland city, CA

37.4

11

Baltimore city, MD

37.6

12

Philadelphia city, PA

37.7

13

Seattle city, WA

37.9

14

Long Beach city, CA

38.0

15

San Francisco city, CA

40.8

16

Austin city, TX

41.0

17

Denver city, CO

41.0

18

Indianapolis city (remainder), IN

41.4

19

Dallas city, TX

41.5

20

Albuquerque city, NM

41.6

21

Kansas City city, MO

41.8

22

Sacramento city, CA

41.8

23

San Diego city, CA

42.5

24

Jacksonville city (remainder), FL

43.2

25

Houston city, TX

43.7

26

Nashville-Davidson (remainder), TN

44.7

27

Columbus city, OH

45.1

28

Portland city, OR

45.5

29

Fort Worth city, TX

46.0

30

Chicago city, IL

46.1

31

Tucson city, AZ

46.3

32

Phoenix city, AZ

46.8

33

St. Louis city, MO

48.1

34

Atlanta city, GA

48.2

35

San Antonio city, TX

48.3

36

Memphis city, TN

48.4

37

Detroit city, MI

50.1

38

Omaha city, NE

51.0

39

Oklahoma City city, OK

51.4

40

Fresno city, CA

51.5

41

Tulsa city, OK

52.9

42

Cleveland city, OH

53.3

43

Cincinnati city, OH

54.0

44

Pittsburgh city, PA

55.6

45

Milwaukee city, WI

56.9

46

Miami city, FL

57.5

47

New Orleans city, LA

58.2

48

Minneapolis city, MN

59.6

Median

43.5

Source: State of the Nations Cities Database.

Homepage: http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/SoNC.htm

Note: Colorado Springs city, Co and Mesa City, Az not included.


September 1998

University of Pittsburgh