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Ghettos on the move

Median inner-city household incomes grew by 20% between 1990 and 2000, to a surprising $35,000 per year...while the national median gained only 14%, to about $57,000.

From Business Week, Oct.27 issue, the link requires a subscription.

The population of inner cities is growing as well, 24% over the 1990s, as compared to 13% for the nation as a whole.

Posted by Tyler Cowen on October 18, 2003 at 03:33 PM in Current Affairs | Permalink

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