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Poverty Rates in Arlington

Poverty by Race & Ethnicity

Economics
$ 30
Median Wage by Race & Ethnicity , 2000 - 2017
Poverty Rate by Race & Ethnicity , 2017
$ 25
$ 20
$ 15
$ 24.1
$ 20.5
$ 22.6
$ 16.6
$ 22.4
$ 18.2
$ 18.4
$ 15.6
25 %
20 %
15 %
18.7 %
14.0 %
19.5 %
23.8 %
$ 10
10 %
11.0 %
$ 5
5 %
$ 0
2000 2017 White

Poverty Rates in Arlington

Black Asian or Pacific Islander
La�no Mixed / Other
Source : PolicyLink / USC Equity Research Institute , National Equity Atlas , www . nationalequityatlas . org . Source : PolicyLink / USC Equity Research Institute , National Equity Atlas , www . nationalequityatlas . org .
Median wages decreased for each respective ethnoracial group from 2000 to 2017 . The greatest decrease was in Asian or Pacific Islander wages , where the median wage fell $ 4.20 , an average of $ 0.60 per year . The median wage is lowest for the Latino population and second lowest for the Black population .
In addition to having the lowest median wage , Latino residents experience the highest poverty rate . The Mixed / Other population has the second highest poverty rate , followed closely by the Black population . White residents have the lowest poverty rate , less than half that of the Latino community .
0 %
White
Black Asian or Pacific Islander
La�no Mixed / Other
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