The White Underclass
Does the rise in out-of-wedlock babies and white slums foretell a social catastrophe
Neighborhood White female-headed Total
families with kids population
Number Rate 1. Boston, MA 453 73 percent 4,660
(Southern tip
of South Boston) 2. Portland, ME 383 70 percent 4,593
(Bayside and Parkside,
N.W. of downtown) 3. Newport, Ky. 356 65 percent 3,856
(West side, on
Licking and Ohio rivers) 4. Minneapolis 330 65 percent 21,982
(Parts of Phillips
and Whittier) 5. Duluth, Minn. 370 60 percent 5,478
(East Hillside and
Central Hillside) 6. Flint, Mich. 387 56 percent 10,723
(Central city, east
and south sides) 7. Waterloo, Iowa 324 54 percent 6,295
(East side) 8. Baltimore, MD 512 51 percent 8,879
(Mount Clare, west
of downtown) 9. Rockford, Ill. 317 51 percent 7,017
(Kishwaukee St. area,
S.E. of downtown) 10. Jackson, Mich. 500 50 percent 9,276
(Downtown, and areas
to N., S, and E.) 11. Detroit, MI 321 50 percent 7,167
(Southwestern corner on
Detroit River; Delray) 12. Syracuse, NY 491 49 percent 11,793
(Near west side) 13. Columbus, Ohio 640 49 percent 12,315
(The bottoms, W.
of Scioto River) 14. Toledo, OH 593 46 percent 12,968
(Vestula and LaGrange-
Central, on E.side) 15. Jamestown, N.Y. 306 45 percent 6,651
(Chadakoin; Monroe
and Murray)
Note: Data pertain to non-Hispanic whites and may include only parts of neighborhoods, depending on census tract boundaries.
USN&WR--Basic data: The Urban Institute; U.S. Census Bureau's data user services division.
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