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34 <br />City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 13 <br />,; Anal sis of Im ediments to Fair Housin Choice <br />2000 was reported to be $42,26315 which is a 36.7% increase from the $30,895 reported <br />in 1990.16 This is slightly lower than Summit County ($42,304), but higher than the State <br />of Ohio ($40,956) and the United States ($41,994). MHI is important because it can give <br />indications of the ability of members of certain races to purchase homes, to pay rent and <br />to prosper in the community. <br />Table 11: Median Household Income within the City of Cu aho a Falls by Race, 2000 <br />GEOGRAPHY I <br />WHITE BLACK AMER. <br />ASIAN <br />HISPANIC <br />` INDIAN <br />Cuyahoga <br />$42,694 $28,438 $65,625 <br />$55,625 <br />$22,143 <br />x Falls <br />I <br />Summit <br />$45,349 $25,865 $37,794 <br />$55,188 <br />$39,591 <br />County <br />State of Ohio <br />$42,835 l $26,619 F $30,982 <br />$49,266 <br />$33,133 <br />United States <br />$44,687 $29,423 $30,599 <br />$51,908 <br />$33,678 <br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) <br />However the MHI for Blacks in the City ($28,438) was higher than that of the County and <br />the State of Ohio, and less than a thousand dollars lower than the United States. American <br />Indians had the highest MHI in the City, over $65,000. This is somewhat insignificant when <br />you consider that the Cit only has a American Indian /Native American population of 99 <br />persons. The Asian MHI is consistently higher for all geography's and for all races. <br />Hispanics MHI is the lowest in the City and in the comparison geography's. <br />3.7 Poverty and Minorities <br />The incidence of poverty by race within the City of Cuyahoga Falls is shown See Map e <br />in Table 12. (Poverty is defined as households below 50% MHI) The percent <br />of the population living below poverty in the City of Cuyahoga Falls is 6.1 %. <br />Based on race American Indians /Native Americans have the highest poverty rate, 29.3 %. <br />Whites by far had the lowest rate at 5 %. Blacks were over five times the poverty rate of <br />Whites, 26.7 %. Of minorities asians had the lowest rate at 10.4% twice that of Whites. <br />Hispanics had a poverty rate of 11.9% slightly more than twice that of Whites. <br />Table 12: City of Cuyahoga Falls: Poverty Status by Race, 2000 <br />15 U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Table P53 (SF3) by Place <br />16 U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Table P080A (SF3) by Place <br />