Editor’s Note: Session Weekly publishes a “Minnesota Index” chart every week. This chart focuses on Minnesota’s African-American population. Among the most startling numbers: Median annual household income for black Minnesotans has decreased since 1999, both as an absolute number (from $28,926 in 1999 to $28,406 in the past 12 months) and as a percentage of Minnesota median income (from 61 percent in 1999 to 50 percent now). [Full-size chart below.]
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