Table 1.

Sample characteristics of selected MSAs in the United States (≥100,000 population and ≥10% black; 1990, N = 107)

Variable	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Income inequality (Gini)
Total	0.44	0.03	0.37	0.51
White	0.42	0.03	0.37	0.51
Black	0.46	0.03	0.35	0.53
Racial segregation (Dx)
Black–white	0.60	0.14	0.23	0.90
Hispanic–white	0.34	0.13	0.14	0.68
% White	73.00	10.47	30.36	87.22
% Black	20.10	8.33	9.97	45.50
% Hispanic	4.78	7.51	0.28	49.03
Median income	28,982.86	5,362.83	20,411.00	46,884.00
Total population (ln)	1,006,781	1,549,373	108,711	8,862,948
% Males	48.56	1.52	46.99	59.64
% Unemployed	6.25	1.49	3.15	10.89