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Racism and other patterns of discrimination have long constrained opportunity for some and privileged others. The Data Center's indicators of economic status and mobility include income figures, vulnerability indices, and unemployment, housing, and poverty rates.
Many of the most entrenched and pernicious biases and discriminatory practices in the U.S. have resulted in disparities across an array of measures of wealth. Though economic inequities develop for complex and varied reasons, understanding unequal outcomes across employment, income, housing, and other indicators of wealth is critical to uncovering historical and systemic constraints to opportunity.
Kent County
The unemployment rate percent in Kent County is 5.4%, which is lower than the state percent of 5.6%.
The unemployment rate is defined as the total number of unemployed individuals divided by the total number of individuals in the labor force
The percent families with at least one employed parent percent in Kent County is 92.3%, which is higher than the state percent of 91.5%.
Employed includes all civilians 16 years old and over who were either "at work" or were "with a job but not at work"
Kent County
The child poverty rate percent in Kent County is 20.4%, which is higher than the state percent of 17.3%.
Percent of children who fall below poverty threshold. The Census Bureau uses a set of dollar income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty. If the total income for a family or unrelated individual falls below the relevant poverty threshold, then the family (and every individual in it) or unrelated individual is considered in poverty.
The family poverty rate percent in Kent County is 17.6%, which is higher than the state percent of 13.7%.
The Census Bureau uses a set of dollar income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty. If the total income for a family or unrelated individual falls below the relevant poverty threshold, then the family (and every individual in it) or unrelated individual is considered in poverty.
The median family income figure in Kent County is $75,377, which is lower than the state figure of $89,545.
A family is defined as a household where two or more people are related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Income for a family is summed over all family members.
The median household income figure in Kent County is $63,715, which is lower than the state figure of $72,724.
A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit (such as a house or apartment) as their usual place of residence.
Kent County
The rent burden percent in Kent County is 51.7%, which is higher than the state percent of 46.2%.
The proportion of households that spend 30% of their total income on rent; this value is pulled directly from available census data
The percent renters percent in Kent County is 29.8%, which is higher than the state percent of 28.5%.
Percent of individuals who report living in a renter-occupied unit
The percent households with a broadband subscription percent in Kent County is 90.0%, which is lower than the state percent of 91.5%.
Percent of households reporting having a computer broadband internet subscription cable, fiber-optic, or DSL service.
Kent County
The percent households receiving SNAP benefits percent in Kent County is 14.3%, which is higher than the state percent of 10.5%.
Percent of households reporting receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Kent County
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