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> For UIC to consider a census tract middle income, the average per capita income there had to fall between $28,712 and $43,068. What a hilariously narrow defi
by forrestthewoods 8y ago
> For UIC to consider a census tract middle income, the average per capita income there had to fall between $28,712 and $43,068.
What a hilariously narrow definition of “middle class”. That’s roughly $14.35 to $21.53 per hour.
This entire analysis is a waste of time.
Is the underlying data available? I’d love to take a crack at producing some better visualizations.
- rjf72 8y agoI suspect they were using the data from here [1]. Quite well organized and easy to play with, even has numeric indexing of the various areas so you can mix and match the data easily! [1] - https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/provdrs/health_data_and_reports/svcs/office_of_epidemiologydataanalysisrequests.html https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/provdrs/health_da...