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BLACK WELL-BEING REPORT 2022
BLACK FUTURE CO-OP FUND
Key Metrics That Have Moved Since 2015
Category
State (2015)
Black (2015)
State (2020)
Black (2020)
94.2%
89.7%
93.9%
93%
Household median networth
(2011 compared to 2017)18
$68,828
$6,314
$104,000
$9,567
Household median income19
$58,405
$40,760
$78,687
$56,250
Home ownership — live in a household that owns a home20
63%
35%
63%
31%
Percentage of children ready for kindergarten21
41%
39%
52%
44%
Percentage of students meeting 8th grade math standards22
56%
34%
72%
47%
Percentage of students graduating from high school on time23
76%
65%
83%
76.3%
Average cost of attending Washignton’s public 4-year universities as a
share of median household income24
42%
61%
32%
44.5%
Percent of people with health insurance17
Number of representatives in the legislature25
1 in 147
10 in 147
While some metrics have improved in comparison to 2015, the gap between
us and everyone else has not improved because the social structures and
systems in which we participate — housing, transportation, legal, education,
employment — are relatively unchanged.
These data are an entry point to explore the five focus areas of the report: civic engagement, education, economic mobility, public safety
and health. For ease of understanding, we organized the report in sections by topic, but each area of the report builds on the others. The
conversations and community wisdom that informed the report reflected a clear understanding that the outcomes we see in the table above
are the product of intersecting root causes. Those root causes operate on individual, interpersonal, community, organizational, and structural
levels and function across sectors. As you read, we hope you hold multiple truths at the same time and are able to see the interconnected
nature of the contextual factors raised and the community identified approaches offered.
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