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Prosperity Leads Blacks into Suburbs

Daily Policy Digest

Social Issues

Monday, September 10, 2001

The economic boom of the 1990s translated into dramatic material benefits for U.S. African-American families. And rising incomes propelled them into suburbs in large numbers.

Some 51 percent of black married-couple households had incomes of $50,000 or more, according to an analysis of last year's Current Population Survey in the July issue of American Demographics -- up from 47 percent in 1999.

And the Census Bureau reported that a record 17 percent of blacks ages 25 and over held college degrees -- up from 15 percent the year before.

Between 1980 and 1990, the proportion of blacks living in suburbs jumped from 34 percent to 39 percent.

On average black suburban households have median incomes 44 percent higher than their peers living in cities -- and 10 percent boast incomes of at least $100,000.

Source: Gene Koretz, "Economic Trends: Giant Strides for U.S. Blacks," Business Week, September 3, 2001; David Whelan, "Black Boom in the 'Burbs," American Demographics, August 31, 2001.

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