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Income Disparities in New York City: Origins and Impacts

Explore the income gaps in NYC, from Fordham to Upper East Side and Harlem. Manhattan stands out with huge income disparity. Discover the characteristics of wealthy households and health insights from city surveys. Understand how residents in areas like Hunts Point and Mott Haven face age, poverty, and race challenges.

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Income Disparities in New York City: Origins and Impacts

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  1. Disparities In New York City

  2. Origins of Disparities

  3. INCOMES

  4. Fordham Upper East Side Harlem

  5. RESIDENCE

  6. Upper East Side Bronx

  7. ETHnicity

  8. 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.

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

  10. Upper East Side at a Glance:Poverty

  11. The Big Picture:How Residents Rate Their Own Health

  12. 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.

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

  14. The Big Picture:Death Rates

  15. Thx for attention

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