Tables

Economic Benchmarks


16. FAMILY INCOME INEQUALITY IN CITIES (90TH PERCENTILE/10TH PERCENTILE)

 

Rank

City name

1969

1979

1989

Change 79-89

1

Virginia Beach city, VA

6.115

5.53

4.744

-0.786

2

Jacksonville city (remainder), FL

8.176

7.661

7.073

-0.588

3

Honolulu CDP, HI

6.523

7.622

7.178

-0.444

4

San Jose city, CA

5.091

5.527

5.656

0.129

5

Seattle city, WA

6.086

6.496

6.747

0.251

6

New Orleans city, LA

12.502

14.517

14.819

0.302

7

Charlotte city, NC

6.981

6.881

7.229

0.348

8

San Diego city, CA

7.02

7.006

7.467

0.461

9

Portland city, OR

6.702

6.575

7.05

0.475

10

Indianapolis city (remainder), IN

5.593

6.41

7.037

0.627

11

Oakland city, CA

8.235

10.203

10.846

0.643

12

Atlanta city, GA

9.595

17.113

17.767

0.654

13

Omaha city, NE

5.999

6.306

6.961

0.655

14

Albuquerque city, NM

7.104

6.683

7.466

0.783

15

Sacramento city, CA

7.043

7.475

8.392

0.917

16

Los Angeles City, CA

7.586

9.284

10.303

1.019

17

Nashville-Davidson (remainder), TN

6.8

6.561

7.651

1.09

18

Oklahoma City city, OK

7.165

6.902

8.107

1.205

19

San Francisco city, CA

7.764

8.196

9.416

1.22

20

Long Beach city, CA

7.057

7.686

8.907

1.221

21

Miami city, FL

8.118

10.342

11.601

1.259

22

Phoenix city, AZ

6.436

6.057

7.376

1.319

23

Austin city, TX

7.081

6.826

8.159

1.333

24

Columbus city, OH

6.466

7.126

8.49

1.364

25

Denver city, CO

6.913

7.69

9.126

1.436

26

Cleveland city, OH

7.982

9.554

11.023

1.469

27

Tucson city, AZ

6.712

6.24

7.805

1.565

28

Memphis city, TN

8.403

10.16

11.798

1.638

29

Philadelphia city, PA

7.065

8.726

10.381

1.655

30

Fort Worth city, TX

7.004

7.015

8.706

1.691

31

Washington city, DC

8.335

11.892

13.685

1.793

32

Kansas City city, MO

5.816

6.533

8.36

1.827

33

Milwaukee city, WI

5.912

6.483

8.433

1.95

34

Boston city, MA

7.06

8.894

10.916

2.022

35

El Paso city, TX

7.521

8.086

10.169

2.083

36

Tulsa city, OK

6.819

6.774

8.976

2.202

37

Baltimore city, MD

8.056

9.795

11.999

2.204

38

San Antonio city, TX

7.833

8.388

10.731

2.343

39

Dallas city, TX

7.141

8.309

10.99

2.681

40

Minneapolis city, MN

6.401

6.453

9.139

2.686

41

Fresno city, CA

7.391

7.022

9.709

2.687

42

Chicago city, IL

6.983

10.005

12.875

2.87

43

New York city, NY

7.948

10.052

12.983

2.931

44

Detroit city, MI

7.65

9.771

12.82

3.049

45

Pittsburgh city, PA

7.328

7.561

11.3

3.739

46

St. Louis city, MO

7.533

7.933

11.769

3.836

47

Houston city, TX

7.03

7.73

11.922

4.192

48

Cincinnati city, OH

7.964

8.934

13.897

4.963

7.0625

7.6415

9.1325

1.4

Source: State of the Nations Cities Database.

Homepage: http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/SoNC.htm

Note: Colorado Springs city, Co and Mesa City, Az not included.


September 1998

University of Pittsburgh