Columbus, Ohio has the eighth largest gap of metropolitan cities in the U.S. regarding the difference between the highest and lowest opportunity neighborhoods.

According to The Child Opportunity Index developed by The Kirwan Institute at The Ohio State University, the typical Black child in America lives in a neighborhood with an Opportunity Score of 23, while Hispanic children live in communities with a score of 37. The average white child lives in a neighborhood with an Opportunity Score of 73. 

In Columbus, Ohio,  73% of African American children live in an area of “Low” or “Very Low” opportunity compared with 29% of white children.