Disparities in PPP Lending by Gender

As of January 31, 2021, the Treasury Department doled out over 6 million loans totaling nearly 600 billion dollars with an average loan amount of $98,560. The initial rollout of the program has been criticized for favoring larger businesses seeking higher loan amounts and effectively shutting out smaller minority and women owned businesses most likely to shutter their doors without immediate financial relief.

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Disparities in PPP Lending by Race

PPP loan data on race reveals disparities in the number of loans for the first time period PPP loans were given and amount of loans given to minority and non-minority owned businesses for both time periods.

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