Black Buying Power Tables and Text
Table 3
Black Share of Total Buying Power for U.S. and States, 1990 and 1999
(percent)
| Area | 1990 | 1999 | Area | 1990 | 1999 |
| United States | 7.4 | 8.2 | |||
| Alabama | 14.2 | 15.4 | Montana | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Alaska | 3.0 | 3.0 | Nebraska | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| Arizona | 2.2 | 2.6 | Nevada | 4.0 | 4.8 |
| Arkansas | 8.7 | 9.1 | New Hampshire | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| California | 5.0 | 5.0 | New Jersey | 8.4 | 9.5 |
| Colorado | 2.9 | 3.3 | New Mexico | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Connecticut | 4.9 | 5.7 | New York | 10.6 | 11.8 |
| Delaware | 10.4 | 12.4 | North Carolina | 13.6 | 14.3 |
| District of Columbia | 41.7 | 39.1 | North Dakota | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Florida | 7.0 | 8.4 | Ohio | 6.9 | 7.8 |
| Georgia | 15.8 | 17.9 | Oklahoma | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| Hawaii | 1.7 | 2.1 | Oregon | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Idaho | 0.3 | 0.5 | Pennsylvania | 6.0 | 6.7 |
| Illinois | 8.6 | 9.3 | Rhode Island | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| Indiana | 5.2 | 5.7 | South Carolina | 17.1 | 18.1 |
| Iowa | 1.1 | 1.3 | South Dakota | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Kansas | 3.7 | 4.0 | Tennessee | 9.7 | 10.5 |
| Kentucky | 4.8 | 5.1 | Texas | 7.1 | 7.7 |
| Louisiana | 16.5 | 18.6 | Utah | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Maine | 0.3 | 0.4 | Vermont | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Maryland | 17.4 | 20.4 | Virginia | 11.3 | 12.8 |
| Massachusetts | 3.4 | 4.3 | Washington | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Michigan | 9.1 | 9.8 | West Virginia | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Minnesota | 1.3 | 2.0 | Wisconsin | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| Mississippi | 19.1 | 20.8 | Wyoming | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Missouri | 7.1 | 7.8 |
Source: The Selig Center for Economic Growth, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia, 1998.