Forty Worst Cities in America for
Black Men Not Working
Percentage of employed, working-age (16-64) black males in these cities:
- Detroit 43.0
- Buffalo 43.9
- Milwaukee 44.7
- Cleveland 47.7
- Chicago 48.3
- St. Louis 51.3
- Philadelphia 51.7
- Phoneix 52.0
- Cincinnati 52.6
- INDIANAPOLIS 52.6
- Richmond 52.7
- Memphis 53.2
- Hartford 53.3
- San Francisco 53.3
- Pittsburgh 53.3
- Miami 53.4
- New Orleans 53.5
- Omaha 53.8
- Oakland 53.8
- Las Vegas 54.2
- Birmingham 54.3
- Newark 54.5
- Columbus 54.7
- Jacksonville 54.8
- Los Angeles 54.8
- Kansas City 55.1
- Seattle 56.3
- Charlotte 56.5
- San Diego 57.1
- New York City 57.4
- Portland 57.4
- Baltimore 57.5
- Houston 58.3
- Nashville 58.3
- Denver 58.8
- Atlanta 59.0
- Minneapolis 59.3
- Boston 59.7
- Dallas 61.0
- Washington, D.C. 66.6
SOURCE: Race and Male Employment in the Wake of the Great Recession by Marc Levine of the Center for Economic Development at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Massive unemployment among Black men and youth drives violence and murders, contributes to broken family structures, indirectly discourages educational achievement, and causes chaos and disfunctionality in the Black community.
What do you think can be done about this growing problem?
