The United States is a mosaic of small communities, but the majority of them display sizable disparities between residents of different racial and ethnic backgrounds. For example, nowhere do either Black or Latino residents experience even three-quarters of the average overall well-being of their White neighbors, though Latino–White disparities are slightly smaller. Senior partners Alberto Chaia, Lucy Pérez, Shelley Stewart, and coauthors find that the United States is not on pace to eliminate overall disparities for either Black or Latino residents over the next century. Because many of the barriers to progress for racial and historically underrepresented populations occur at the local level, solutions may need to be implemented locally, too. Click through the interactive to see more.
To read the article, see “Mapping the road to prosperity and parity for Black and Latino residents across America,” March 15, 2024.