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BLOOMBERG BUSI SSWEEK
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COMMUNITY SURVEY; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; GLOBAL CARBON ATLAS; U.S. CENSUS HOUSING VACANCIES AND DATA: “ESTIMATED ECONOMIC DAMAGE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATES,” HSIANG, KOPP, JINA ET AL., 2017; 2014-2018 AMERICAN
HOMEOWNERSHIP; THE COVID TRACKING PROJECT; U.S. CENSUS HOUSEHOLD PULSE SURVEY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CIVIC GROUP WEBSITES○ SMALLER RACIAL
DISPARITY/LOW CLIMATE
IMPACT
In Pike County, Pa., only 7%
of the population is Black,
but those households
outearn the all-household
median at 128%. Over
the past 12 months, Pike
County has been 2.6F
warmer than normal.○ LARGER RACIAL
DISPARITY/LOW CLIMATE
IMPACT
Black households in Monroe
County in New York’s Finger
Lakes region earn only 52%
of the all-household median.
In a high-emissions climate
change scenario, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration projects the
average annual temperature
here will rise 9.7F by 2099.○ LARGER RACIAL
DISPARITY/HIGH CLIMATE
IMPACT
Black households in Suwannee
County, Fla., earn only 45% of
the county’s overall median
income. The largest employer
is Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., a
chicken processing company.- BEAVER COUNTY → P
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT,
CONTIGUOUSU.S.
Mean temperature, 1901-2000 5650
1900 2019CONSUMPTION-BASEDEMISSIONS PER PERSON
2007 2017
Saudi Arabia
U.S.
Germany
China
India
0 25tCOMEDIANHOUSEHOLD
INCOME
Blackhouseholds
All householdsHOMEOWNERSHIP
RATE
Blackhouseholds
All householdsHOUSEHOLDSWITHLOSS
OF EMPLOYMENTINCOME
SINCEMARCH 13
Blackhouseholds
All households$60k
40
20
70%
55
40
55%
50
45
1972 2018 Q1 ’94 Q2 ’
Black
Indian/Alaska Native
Hispanic/Latino
Asian
White
U.S. COVID-19 DEATHS
PER 100,000 PEOPLE,
BY RACE OR ETHNICITYU.S. COVID-19 DEATHS
PER 100,000 PEOPLE
BY RACE OR ETHNICITY84
5/5 7/
LARGER
RACIAL
DISPARITY/
LOW CLIMATE
IMPACT
SMALLER
RACIAL
DISPARITY/
HIGH CLIMATE
IMPACTSMALLER
RACIAL
DISPARITY/
LOW CLIMATE
IMPACTLARGER
RACIAL
DISPARITY/
HIGH CLIMATE
IMPACTNO DATA
Cook County, Ill., has the
largest Black population—
1.3 million—in the U.S.Glades County, Fla., will
see the largest economic
repercussions from
coastal damage.Jefferson County, Miss.,
is 86% Black, the largest
share of any U.S. county.Grimes County, Texas,
will see the largest
economic repercussions
from agricultural
damage.