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Darker-shaded areas showing the concentration of Chicago’s 47,000 housing choice vouchers in the city’s predominantly low-income, predominantly minority neighborhoods.







Over 20 million renters spent more than 30% of income on housing in 2016





















African Americans are living longer. The death rate for African Americans has declined about 25% over 17 years, primarily for those aged 65 years and older. Even with these improvements, new analysis shows that younger African Americans are living with or dying of many conditions typically found in white Americans at older ages.



50% of children taken into custody in 2015 had parental drug use









