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Table 10 Descriptive statistics for the 77 community areas in the City of Chicago

From: The impact of the coronavirus on African American unemployment: lessons from history

 

N

Mean

Median

S.D

Max.

Min.

Household size

77

2.69

2.68

.59

4.3

1.53

Median income

77

$53,392

$50,178

$24,081

$111,962

$15,030

Unemployment rates_2019

77

8.5%

7%

5.5%

23.2%

1.9%

Employed in 2019

77

17,717

12,876

14,668

74,135

758

Population growth

77

-.03%

− .13%

.47%

2.04%

− .81%

House value

77

254,850

227,477

110,828

594,571

62,083

% Owner occupied

77

40.2%

36.4%

18.1%

79.8%

12.4%

% Renter occupied

77

47.2%

50.6%

15.9%

74.6%

13.8%

% vacancy

77

12.6%

10.1%

5.9%

32.4%

6.3%

% < HS Dip

77

16.2%

13.6%

10.0%

47.3%

1.4%

%w/HS Dip

77

25.3%

26.0%

9.9%

46.7%

4.4%

% W/Some college

77

25.9%

25.8%

8.4%

45.1%

8.2%

% w/Grad

77

32.7%

26.2%

21.9%

84.9%

5.4%

% w/White collar jobs

77

55.8%

52.8%

15.1%

89.1%

29.7%

% w/ service jobs

77

24.1%

24.8%

7.2%

39.8%

7.6%

% w/blue collar jobs

77

20.1%

19.6%

10.5%

45.5%

3.3%