quick facts

• connecticut is the richest state.
• hartford is the 6th poorest city, not because it’s doing better, but because others are doing worse.
• more girls have babies here than kids who graduate high school
• the north end has a median annual income of $6000, that’s half of the national poverty level
• home ownership rates are the lowest they’ve ever been, <10%
• 1/2 of the population can read at the first grade level
• every child knows someone who has been shot/murdered
• unemployment rate is high, and very few are gainfully employed
• 1/3 african american, 1/3 caribbean, 1/3 puerto rican.  < 1% white

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