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The Concentration Of Wealth In New York City: Changes In The Structure Of Household Income By Race/Ethnic Groups And Latino Nationalities 1990 - 2010, Laird Bergad
Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
Introduction: This study examines the concentration of wealth in New York City between 1990 and 2010 using data on household income from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Methods: Data on Latinos and other racial/ethnic groups were obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, reorganized for public use by the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, IPUMSusa. Cases in the dataset were weighted and analyzed to produce population estimates.
Results: The data indicate an extraordinary, and growing, concentration of wealth in the City at large and among each major race/ethnic group, as well as among the five largest Latino national …