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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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