November 30, 2016 A Vision for an Equitable DC Leah Hendey Senior Research Associate Photo by Maddie Meyer/The Washington Post via Getty Images
An east-west racial divide White Black Hispanic Share of Population by Race or Ethnicity by Ward, 2010 14
The gap in education contributes to other inequities EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR ADULTS 25 AND OLDER, 2010-14 White 99.5% have a high school diploma or GED Black 83.5% Hispanic 69.1% One dot represents 83 people Have a high school diploma or GED Does not have a high school diploma or GED
What might equity in education look like? EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR ADULTS 25 AND OLDER, 2010-14 White Black 33,600 more black residents with HS degree Hispanic 12,200 more Hispanic residents with HS degree One dot represents 83 people Have a high school diploma or GED Does not have a high school diploma or GED Would have a high school diploma or GED in an equitable DC
Not everyone can participate in DC s recent growth CHILD POVERTY RATE BY WARD, 2010-14 80 70 Black 60 50 40 Hispanic 37 33 39 40 53 30 20 25 22 22 23 10 0 Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8
The national recession had clear disparate effects PEOPLE AGES 16 AND OLDER IN THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, 2010 14 White 3.4% were unemployed Black 19.5% Hispanic 9.2% One dot represents 62 people Employed Unemployed
An equitable DC would mean gains in employment PEOPLE AGES 16 AND OLDER IN THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, 2010 14 White Black 24,100 more black residents employed Hispanic 2,200 more Hispanic residents employed One dot represents 62 people Employed Unemployed Would be employed in an equitable DC
People of color working full-time face greater struggles PERCENT OF POPULATION AGES 16 AND OVER WORKING FULL-TIME WITH EARNINGS, 2010-14 100 White 80 60 40 Black Hispanic 31 37 44 74 70 20 8 0 $35,000 per year or less $75,000 per year or less
Inclusion has economic benefits GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 2012 $109.79 billion Source: PolicyLink/PERE National Equity Atlas analyses of data from Bureau of Economic Analysis and IPUMS-USA, University of Minnesota.
With equity, DC s economy would have been 60% larger GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 2012 + $65 billion $175.31 billion Source: PolicyLink/PERE National Equity Atlas analyses of data from Bureau of Economic Analysis and IPUMS-USA, University of Minnesota.
Housing choices are constrained for residents of color White Black Hispanic Share of Single-Family Homes and Condominiums Sales by Census Tract Affordable to First-Time Home Buyers at Average Household Income, 2010 14 and DC Office of Tax and Revenue
Racial inequities in a home s wealth-building potential RACIAL COMPOSITION OF CENSUS TRACTS AVERAGE CHANGE IN ASSESSED VALUE BY CENSUS TRACT (in 2016 dollars), 2010-16 Majority White Tracts Majority Black Tracts All Other Tracts Majority is defined as 75% or more of tract population identifies as that race. and DC Office of Tax and Revenue
Racial inequities extend to small businesses Non- Minority Small Business Ownership All Minority Black Hispanic Pct. of Firms 49 50 37 7 Pct. of Sales 77 22 9 4 Pct. of Paid Employees 70 29 13 5 Pct. of Firms with Employees 24 12 7 11 Source: 2012 Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners conducted by the US Census Bureau
http://www.urban.org/features/vision-equitable-dc November 30, 2016 A Vision for an Equitable DC Leah Hendey Senior Research Associate Photo by Maddie Meyer/The Washington Post via Getty Images