1. Unemployment among males aged 20-24
10%
Blacks Whites
37%
$100k
$75k
$50k
$25k
$10k
Financial Gaps: Income
Maryland
Median
Income
$74k
Whites
in
Baltimore
$61k
Blacks
in
Baltimore
$34k
The gross disparity in income has a lot to do with jobs.
Decades of decline in the manufacturing and shipping indus-
tries and a shrinking population have left large sections of the
city in economic despair.
Meanwhile, there's been an influx of jobs in fields that are
seeking white collar, college-educated workers, such as cyber
security, life sciences and information technology.
An uneducated, unsupervised and financially desperate group
comprising more than half the population has learned to lash
out angrily in all directions.
Percentage of the Population
64%
Black
$300k
$200k
$100k
$75k
$50k
Financial Gaps: Housing
Maryland
Median
Home
Price
$293k
National
Average
$177kOwner
Occupied
Housing
Baltimore
$158k
16,000 Vacant Buildings, 14,000 Vacant Lots
Housing Authority of Baltimore City
Below Poverty Level
$20,090 a year for
a family of three
24% living
Where median income is
$13,388 a year:
life expectancy =
63 years old
Below Poverty Level
37%
Poverty with
just children
61%
living in low-income
households that have
incomes that are less
than two times the
poverty level
U.S. Census Bureau, 2013
U.S. Census Bureau, 2013
One-third of Maryland residents in the state's
prisons are from 25 communities in Baltimore.
Cost to the state:
$220 million.3x More Heart Disease
$ $$
BALTIMORE
WITHOUT
ADULT
SUPERVISION
15x
Higher Rate of Death by Homicide
20x
Higher rate of HIV/AIDS
8x More Diabetes