Disparities In New York City

Origins of Disparities

INCOMES RESIDENCE ETHNICTY

INCOMES

Upper East SideHarlem

Fordham

RESIDENCE

Upper East Side

Bronx

ETHNICITY

1999 - Top fifth of Manhattan households received > x50 more income than bottom fifth

Top 20% ave. $366,000 / bottom 20% $7,054.  Top group: ave. income increase $140,000 / bottom

group = $7 Manhattan = U.S. county with the highest disparity of

income. 3,200 counties in the USA. Brooklyn = 24th, Bronx = 35th, Staten Island = 234th.

Characteristics of the wealthy: married, white, better educated, employed, (managers/business/finance) , both parents work,

Households in only 15 of the 2216 areas surveyed had ave. incomes above $200,000.  12 of the 15 were on the Upper East Side.

Health survey – 2006 (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)

Upper East Side at a Glance:Poverty

The Big Picture:How Residents Rate Their Own Health

Hunts Point & Mott Haven Heights at a Glance:Age & Poverty

47% of Hunts Point & Mott Haven residents are 24 years old and younger

45% of Hunts Point & Mott Haven residents live below the poverty level.

Hunts Point & Mott Haven Heights at a Glance:Race/Ethnicity

The Big Picture:Death Rates

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