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• Percentage of all American families who own the home where they live: 68.3%
• Percentage of all African-American families who own the home where they live: 46.7%
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Category: Financial |
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• Percentage of all white homeowners in the United States in 2007 who spent at least 38 percent of their income on their mortgage payment, property taxes, and homeowner’s insurance: 16%
• Percentage of all black homeowners in the United States in 2007 who spent at least 38 percent of their income on their mortgage payment, property taxes, and homeowner’s insurance: 25%
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| Associated Press |
| Category: Financial |
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• Percentage of all white American households in 2004 who owned stocks or had shares in stock mutual funds: 57%
• Percentage of all African-American households in 2004 who owned stocks or had shares in stock mutual funds: 23%
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| Federal Reserve Board |
| Category: Financial |
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• Percentage of all installment debt held by nonwhite families that had debt in 2004 that was related to student loans: 26.6%
• Percentage of all installment debt held by nonwhite families that had debt in 2007 that was related to student loans: 36.2%
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| Federal Reserve Board, Survey of Consumer Finances |
| Category: Financial |
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• Median earnings in 2006 of a white American aged 25 to 34 who held a bachelor’s degree but no higher degree: $45,000
• Median earnings in 2006 of an African American aged 25 to 34 who held a bachelor’s degree but no higher degree: $37,000
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| U.S. Department of Education |
| Category: Financial |
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• Median earnings in 2006 of a white American aged 25 to 34 who held a master’s degree: $50,000
• Median earnings in 2006 of an African American aged 25 to 34 who held a master’s degree: $50,000
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| U.S. Department of Education |
| Category: Financial |
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• Median income of college-educated white women who worked full-time in 2005: $43,110
• Median income of college-educated African-American women who worked full-time in 2005: $45,273
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Category: Financial |
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• The median income in 2005 of black men who are high school graduates but have never been to college: $21,241
• The median income in 2005 of black men who have graduated from college: $43,496
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Category: Financial |
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• The median income in 2005 of black women who are high school graduates but have never been to college: $15,768
• The median income in 2005 of black women who have graduated from college: $40,784
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Category: Financial |
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• Median income of college-educated white women who worked full-time in 2005: $43,110
• Median income of college-educated African-American women who worked full-time in 2005: $45,273
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Category: Financial |
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• The median income in 2005 of black men who are high school graduates but have never been to college: $21,241
• The median income in 2005 of black men who have graduated from college: $43,496
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Category: Financial |
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• The median income in 2005 of black women who are high school graduates but have never been to college: $15,768
• The median income in 2005 of black women who have graduated from college: $40,784
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Category: Financial |
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• Percentage of all whites in 2004 who put aside some of their earnings for savings: 60%
• Percentage of all nonwhites in 2004 who put aside some of their earnings for savings: 45%
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| Federal Reserve Board |
| Category: Financial |
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• Percentage of all white K-12 public school students in the United States in 2004 who attended schools where more than one half of the entire student body participated in the federal free-lunch program for low-income families: 18.5%
• Percentage of all black K-12 public school students in the United States in 2004 who attended schools where more than one half of the entire student body participated in the federal free-lunch program for low-income families: 62.0%
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| U.S. Department of Education |
| Category: Financial |
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• Percentage of all white adults in 2004 who rented the home where they lived: 26.1%
• Percentage of all black adults in 2004 who rented the home where they lived: 53.6%
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Category: Financial |
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• Median value of homes owned by non-Hispanic white American adults in 2004: $153,693
• Median value of homes owned by non-Hispanic black American adults in 2004: $105,532
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Category: Financial |
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• Revenues of all 1.2 million black-owned businesses in the United States in 2002: $89 billion
• Revenues of ExxonMobil in 2002: $201 billion
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| U.S. Bureau of the Census and ExxonMobil |
| Category: Financial |
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• Mean earnings in 2003 of a white male who held a professional degree: $140,419
• Mean earnings in 2003 of an African-American male who held a professional degree: $103,155
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Category: Financial |
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