quoted as saying in 2007: "In Omaha, you start talking about low-income issues, people assume you're talking about minority issues..." As of October 2007, the city of Omaha, the 42nd largest in the country, has the fifth highest percentage of low-income African Americans in the country. Census data from 2000 in Douglas County show more than 7,800 families live below the poverty line, about 6.7 percent of families. The percentage of black children in Omaha who live in poverty rank ranks number one in the United States, with nearly six of 10 black kids living below the poverty line. Only one other metropolitan area in the U.S., Minneapolis, has a wider economic disparity between blacks and whites. African Americans from Omaha See also History of North Omaha, Nebraska Culture in North Omaha, Nebraska People from North Omaha, Nebraska Music in Omaha History of slavery in Nebraska Ethnic groups in Omaha, Nebraska Mexicans in Omaha, Nebraska Germans in Omaha, Nebraska Danish people in Omaha, Nebraska Poles in Omaha, Nebraska Irish in Omaha, Nebraska Swedes in Omaha, Nebraska Czechs in Omaha, Nebraska Greeks in Omaha, Nebraska African Americans History of Nebraska History of the Jews in Omaha, Nebraska References External links African American Information NEGenWeb Project (2003) The Negroes of Nebraska: The Negro Comes to Nebraska. CFC Productions. (1940) The Negroes of Nebraska. Nebraska Writers' Project. Works Progress Administration. "First" African Americans in Omaha African American Empowerment Network Building Bright Futures Further reading Angus, J. (2004) Black and Catholic in Omaha: A Case of Double Jeopardy: The First Fifty Years of St. Benedict the Moor Parish. iUniverse, Inc. Bish, James D. (1989) The Black Experience in Selected Nebraska Counties, 1854–1920. M.A. Thesis, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mihelich, Dennis. (1979) "World War II and the Transformation of the Omaha Urban League," Nebraska History 60(3) (Fall 1979):401–423. Paz, D.G. (1988) "John Albert Williams and Black Journalism in Omaha, 1895–1929." Midwest Review 10: 14–32. Johnson, T. (2001) African American Administration of predominantly Black Schools: Segregation or Emancipation in Omaha, NE.'' Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in Charlotte, NC. Ethnic groups in Omaha, Nebraska History of Omaha, Nebraska Omaha African-American history of Nebraska