From: The evolution of wage inequality within local U.S. labor markets
Level in 1980 | Change from 1980 to 2019 | |||||
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College population | College premium | Wage inequality | Change in college population | Change in college premium | Change in wage inequality | |
MSAs with the largest college population in 1980 | ||||||
Ann Arbor, MI | 38.3 | 28.6 | 36.1 | 15.5 | 24.8 | 14.6 |
Washington D.C. | 35.3 | 49.4 | 40.4 | 15.4 | 17.2 | 14.6 |
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul, IL | 31.6 | 28.9 | 36.2 | 14 | 16.5 | 6.6 |
Austin, TX | 30.8 | 44.3 | 36.4 | 10.9 | 34.2 | 16.2 |
Gainesville, FL | 30.3 | 44.1 | 35.8 | 12.3 | 12.8 | 11.6 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 29.8 | 35.0 | 37.9 | 15.4 | 22.5 | 8.8 |
Raleigh-Durham, NC | 28.5 | 42.7 | 33.5 | 15.4 | 19.1 | 17.9 |
Denver-Boulder, CO | 28.2 | 41.7 | 38.9 | 13.9 | 17.7 | 11.2 |
San Jose, CA | 28.2 | 47.9 | 38.6 | 21.3 | 31 | 25 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA | 27.5 | 36.7 | 40.2 | 18.1 | 10 | 18.6 |
MSAs with the smallest college population in 1980 | ||||||
Ocala, FL | 9.9 | 38.1 | 38.6 | 7 | 46.3 | 3.2 |
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX | 10.4 | 44.3 | 38.3 | 6.8 | 24.8 | 8.2 |
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA | 10.9 | 48.4 | 41.2 | 2.9 | 20.8 | 4.5 |
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI | 11.1 | 28.8 | 35.7 | 10.8 | 28.5 | 4.3 |
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA | 11.3 | 40.3 | 30.8 | 15.5 | 25.5 | 5.3 |
Youngstown-Warren, OH | 11.4 | 27.8 | 36.6 | 10.6 | 21.4 | 0.9 |
Joplin, MO | 11.4 | 39.7 | 33.6 | 10.3 | 29.3 | 4.7 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr-Mission, TX | 11.8 | 46.3 | 42.1 | 6.1 | 24.8 | 3.0 |
Yakima, WA | 12.2 | 30.4 | 41.5 | 2.7 | 42.8 | – 2.0 |
Lakeland-Winterhaven, FL | 12.6 | 44.9 | 37.7 | 3.8 | 43.2 | – 0.2 |