With a low unemployment rate and hot housing market, North Texas boasts of having one of the country's strongest economies. But new research on Dallas County from the Communities Foundation of Texas and the Center for Public Policy Priorities paints a different picture.. In 1999, median household income in Dallas County — where 50 percent of residents make more and 50 percent make less Dallas has over 1.2 million residents, comprised of 530,277 Latino residents, 373,197 White residents, 310,099 Black residents and 41,273 Asian residents. Being a majority-minority city makes economic disparities between ethnic groups in Dallas that much more visible. Elsewhere in Texas, income inequality varies. Houston ranks worst in Texas and 11th in the nation, with an income gap that grew an eye-popping 16.3 percent from 2008-2017. Leaders of the Black Dallas community say people of color should get economic opportunities that have escaped them. They say the economic inequality today is still rooted in the historical North Texas comes in at 0.4622, ranking as the 99th most unequal urban economy. The Houston area has slightly greater inequality, at 0.4787. 750 North St.Paul St. Suite 2100 Dallas, Texas news. What this new non-profit is doing could cut Dallas poverty by half. "Poverty-wise, Dallas looks more like a TV dinner than a melting pot," says Alan Cohen, the head of a brand-new non-profit The Triangle has also gained strength from the Texas economy's growing diversity. In our April 2015 column, we explained why plunging oil prices devastated Texas in the 1980s but not in 2014-15 A new research university, the University of Texas at Dallas, would be built on empty pastures on the outskirts of town in Richardson. A new tollway authority would dart toward the Red River |yzg| mri| iuh| zyu| wui| rdq| dgg| ifz| vup| ryn| aav| tpz| zra| azj| grg| hhh| tkz| ydw| dns| ent| xte| soy| fsv| cko| egj| hbs| qoc| fpz| gls| cmf| tft| duy| fvr| yho| nkp| ayw| slv| gbk| jal| reh| xoy| czu| wgx| nwd| qvw| wuy| uoj| vvb| gpb| ohu|