Hawaii Most Integrated State
America, it seems, has come closer to realizing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.鈥檚 vision, “though segregation and discrimination persist,” says WalletHub.
According to the results of a survey by the Pew Research Center, 鈥淣early half of U.S. voters (46 percent) expect Donald Trump鈥檚 election to lead to worse race relations… By contrast, after Barack Obama鈥檚 election eight years ago, 52 percent of voters expected race relations to improve.鈥
That tidbit is part of a 聽measuring racial progress in the U.S.
To coincide聽with the聽Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, WalletHub鈥檚 analysts measured” the gaps between blacks and whites in 16 key indicators of equality and integration for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.”
Data sets included聽鈥渕edian annual income,鈥 鈥渟tandardized test scores鈥 and聽鈥渧oter turnout.鈥
Here’s some highlights of how Hawaii fares:
- 1st 鈥 Median Annual Income Gap
- 2nd 鈥 Labor-Force Participation Rate Gap
- 7th 鈥 Unemployment Rate Gap
- 1st 鈥 Poverty Rate Gap
- 1st 鈥 Business Ownership Rate Gap
- 1st 鈥 Gap in percentage of Residents with at Least a High School Diploma
- 1st 鈥 Standardized-Test Scores Gap
We also rank No. 44 in health.
Idaho and Texas follow Hawaii in terms of racial integration. Minnesota and Wisconsin rank at the bottom.
Another WalletHub analysis聽measures the level of racial progress achieved over time. Hawaii is in the middle of the pack, Georgia is No. 1 and Maine is No. 51.
