That ranks us dead last among the 50 largest metropolitan areas. When you talk about people who earn over $100,000, that's only 13.4% of households that reside in Milwaukee. Poverty among Milwaukee's African American children is a whopping 38.8%, which is the third worst out of the 50 largest metropolitan areas. This is higher than the national average for black child poverty, which is roughly 30.2%. African American home ownership in Milwaukee is just 27.5%, which we talked about earlier, ranks us dead last. (01:44–01:56)
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