Midwest Regional Data

The table below includes data on measures of equity and growth for metros in the Midwest Region. Benner and Pastor examined changes in two measures of equity (the 80/20 household income and the poverty rate) and two measures of growth (change in employment and change in earnings per job) between 1979 and 2010, as well as two endpoint measures of the level of equity and growth in 2010 (the Gini coefficient and median household income, respectively).

The change metrics for the two measures of equity and two measures of growth were calculated over four time periods: 1979-2010 as well as each of the three decades in between. The result was 16 difference metrics of change for each metro (four measures times four time periods)—eight for equity and eight for growth. Each metro was compared with other metros falling in the Midwest Region under each of eight metrics for change in equity and eight for growth and the results were used to form a composite Equity Index and Growth Index, respectively. (Note that while used to develop the Equity Index and Growth Index, data points for 1989 and 1999 are not included in the table.)

For details on the data sources and methodology used, see Appendix B and Chapter 3 of Equity, Growth, and Community.

Metropolitan Region1979
80-20 ratio
1979
Poverty
1979
Jobs (000s)
1979
Earnings Per Job - 2010
2010
80-20 ratio
2010
Poverty
2010
Jobs (000s)
2010
Earnings Per Job - 2010
Equity Index
Value
Equity Index
Rank
Growth Index
Value
Growth Index
Rank
2010
Gini
2010
Median Income -2010
Midwest average (unweighted)51.040.094834629152.30.156394802809709348.2948358
Akron, OH4.020.09308464714.840.1539647612-0.3144-0.121060.4546521
Ann Arbor, MI4.080.11166532104.840.13237527780.1767-0.03950.4655880
Appleton, WI3.330.0686423533.760.08145443060.24600.58360.3955883
Canton-Massillon, OH3.870.09190459754.210.15209407450.0789-1.011850.4342365
Cedar Rapids, IA3.60.07121434463.850.09171487150.73120.37490.4153755
Champaign-Urbana, IL4.240.12109395235.520.1913746073-0.811830.06830.4945845
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI4.340.114212527874.790.145462588950.44350.21650.4757104
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN4.340.11847461554.770.141232516160.45340.43450.4651572
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH4.310.11160514054.90.15123852499097-0.531530.4646231
Columbus, OH3.990.11671436594.920.16115251116-0.221320.94150.4651039
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL3.860.08207497444.370.1322449578-0.18124-0.591640.4546310
Dayton, OH4.040.1433480504.580.1646148633-0.05108-0.571610.4443832
Des Moines, IA3.920.08241435064.010.1400524350.9220.93160.4254685
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI4.540.12046593295.110.172231541200.0395-0.781780.4648198
Duluth, MN-WI4.530.09137441524.850.16156424150.182-0.571600.4442083
Evansville, IN-KY4.440.1169440594.640.14205477870.6319-0.131070.4544319
Flint, MI4.370.11209637354.860.2118340547-0.3146-2.241920.4438819
Fort Wayne, IN3.650.08198456363.870.1324644682-0.06111-0.361350.4447004
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI3.970.09290461104.30.1645546737-0.121160.29550.4347040
Green Bay, WI3.850.08115415514.040.11201480440.7140.95140.4149016
Holland-Grand Haven, MI3.270.0674424403.630.1212943242-0.491640.63350.4353056
Indianapolis, IN3.940.09655459514.690.15108751265-0.291430.76250.4648867
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI4.130.11134464624.820.1916846230-0.21131-0.391390.4643634
Kansas City, MO-KS4.150.09839453744.50.121251528710.46330.64300.4453919
Lansing-East Lansing, MI3.970.11207502494.730.1725946487-0.25136-0.51510.4347731
Lincoln, NE3.770.08127376344.470.1520743426-0.481630.83210.4450091
Madison, WI3.940.1233399204.160.12425488640.68151.340.4357594
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI3.960.08795469964.940.1595955010-0.841860.11810.4649774
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI3.870.071304459514.180.112176563770.18661.1290.4462352
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA3.810.08360422364.440.1256251231-0.021030.86200.4354060
Peoria, IL3.820.08194519134.310.12218513570.0593-0.531540.4350983
Rockford, IL3.720.08150485794.880.1817944814-1.35190-0.621690.4445457
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI4.450.12105567404.420.17101438470.7311-1.541900.4341938
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI3.920.1136422664.690.1616346184-0.36156-0.251220.4541991
Springfield, IL3.920.09107424674.50.1312848931-0.011000.38480.4450423
Springfield, MO4.120.13131346044.490.17254387940.48311.2260.4440084
St. Louis, MO-IL4.30.111296459004.860.131655513720.34440.19690.4550912
Toledo, OH4.40.11328479364.990.1736747565-0.06110-0.611670.4641583
Topeka, KS3.810.08113397824.620.1713943177-0.82185-0.02930.4445360
Wichita, KS3.850.09278436114.480.1437048299-0.111150.2660.4446131
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA4.170.1302500814.590.1727840463-0.07112-1.571910.4439240