Economic Security

2008 Economic Security Indicators (PDF)
Some of the study’s key findings in our region reveal:

• There are 577,000 households led by women – more than one quarter (28% percent) of the region’s total and more than in the cities of Dallas and Arlington combined.
• One out of every five households led by women – about 128,000 total – live below the poverty line. That is about as many households as there are in the city of Arlington.
• Female-headed households are three to four times more likely to live in poverty than households led by married couples and by men.
• Women must achieve a full level of education ahead of men to make the same level of earnings.
• Women earn 74 cents for every dollar earned by men.