Appendix 2

Suburban Statistics

SUBURBS HAVE MORE LAND, HIGH INCOME FAMILIES
AND PEOPLE, BUT FEWER JOBS AND NON-WHITES

Suburbs Central City
Total land area 89% 11%
Family incomes above Metro Area’s Median 65% 35%
Total population 56% 44%
Jobs 28% 72%
Area’s non-whites 3% 97%

Source: Hearing before United States ­Commission on Civil Rights, April 1-7, 1966, p. 205. (Figures from 1959-60).

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