Our Wealth, Poverty Extremes Top Other States’

A working paper from the University of Minnesota takes a new approach in explaining rising levels of neighborhood inequality by highlighting the relative isolation of affluent, white households in 15 major metropolitan areas throughout the United States. Applying the methodology used by the University of Minnesota researchers, DataHaven finds that extreme wealth and extreme poverty are highly concentrated in Connecticut neighborhoods – even compared to neighborhoods in the 15 other large metropolitan areas used as a sample in the working paper. A blog post summarizes their research and explores concentrated affluence, concentrated poverty, and "double jeopardy", in Connecticut.