Black Buying Power Table 1

Table 1

Black Buying Power by Place of Residence for U.S. and States, 1990 and 1995-1999

(millions of dollars)

Area	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999

United States	308,096	422,164	450,130	475,137	501,983	532,667

Alabama	7,824	11,012	11,695	12,189	12,737	13,398
Alaska	303	374	373	386	399	419
Arizona	1,161	1,853	2,052	2,220	2,399	2,602
Arkansas	2,565	3,626	3,908	4,072	4,250	4,449
California	27,528	33,441	35,262	36,961	38,839	40,925
Colorado	1,617	2,460	2,641	2,820	3,003	3,206
Connecticut	3,673	4,720	4,996	5,361	5,718	6,127
Delaware	1,285	1,874	2,054	2,185	2,337	2,485
District of Columbia	5,485	6,232	6,406	6,562	6,716	6,920
Florida	15,487	23,001	25,041	26,708	28,641	30,686
Georgia	15,710	23,497	25,484	27,248	28,714	30,374
Hawaii	342	533	553	565	587	617
Idaho	36	81	87	94	101	108
Illinois	17,376	23,536	25,015	26,309	27,714	29,389
Indiana	4,325	6,078	6,444	6,748	7,078	7,453
Iowa	450	646	710	752	797	856
Kansas	1,432	1,895	2,010	2,116	2,237	2,379
Kentucky	2,345	3,169	3,379	3,555	3,745	3,969
Louisiana	9,238	13,174	13,963	14,615	15,232	15,966
Maine	61	77	86	89	93	97
Maryland	15,989	21,926	23,463	24,884	26,305	27,939
Massachusetts	4,052	5,729	6,143	6,640	7,154	7,687
Michigan	13,733	18,958	19,886	20,726	21,676	22,887
Minnesota	968	1,574	1,755	1,888	2,050	2,236
Mississippi	5,719	8,373	9,016	9,376	9,774	10,248
Missouri	5,629	7,719	8,270	8,723	9,197	9,771
Montana	22	36	39	39	41	42
Nebraska	563	776	856	914	970	1,039
Nevada	863	1,505	1,680	1,819	1,974	2,131
New Hampshire	107	141	154	163	172	184
New Jersey	13,973	18,539	19,613	20,709	22,003	23,375
New Mexico	297	502	543	572	609	656
New York	37,398	48,429	51,388	54,173	57,306	60,906
North Carolina	13,157	18,771	20,145	21,388	22,618	24,123
North Dakota	34	48	56	64	73	85
Ohio	11,859	16,286	17,254	18,083	19,071	20,287
Oklahoma	1,980	2,650	2,816	2,978	3,124	3,284
Oregon	437	658	725	780	842	913
Pennsylvania	12,114	15,926	16,913	17,764	18,758	19,789
Rhode Island	449	596	634	675	719	768
South Carolina	8,168	11,120	11,807	12,431	13,097	13,825
South Dakota	35	56	68	78	89	103
Tennessee	6,960	10,267	10,875	11,451	12,055	12,762
Texas	18,629	26,726	28,647	30,583	32,860	35,273
Utah	114	198	221	241	261	282
Vermont	20	42	48	49	51	53
Virginia	12,208	16,933	18,040	19,012	19,893	21,137
Washington	1,836	2,757	3,021	3,231	3,451	3,673
West Virginia	504	655	684	706	743	778
Wisconsin	1,999	2,934	3,156	3,377	3,633	3,916
Wyoming	39	52	55	65	76	89

Source: The Selig Center for Economic Growth, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia, 1998.

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