Development decline
Despite graduating from high school and entering the workforce at higher rates, Robert Taylor Homes residents in 2000 were less likely to escape poverty and unemployment than residents there in 1970. Chicago’s loss of manufacturing jobs also had an impact. In 1970, the manufacturing industry was the leading employer of Taylor residents.
Notes: The figures are for the five census tracts that are collectively bordered by 39th, State, 55th, and Federal streets---an area that includes all of the 28 original buildings of the Robert Taylor Homes. The area also includes some properties that were not a part of the Taylor development. High school diploma figures are for individuals at least 25 years old. Employment and labor force statistics are for individuals at least 16 years old.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; analyzed by The Chicago Reporter.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; analyzed by The Chicago Reporter.
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- A Renter's Nightmare
- Methodology (A Renter's Nightmare)
- Tips For Renters Caught Up In Foreclosure
- Black Areas At Highest Risk
- Rental Runaround
- D.C. Renters Buffet Storm
- Renters Squeezed Out
- Suburbs Slow To Get On Board
- Methodology (Suburbs Slow To Get On Board)
- Unity Through Dialogue
- Working Hard Or Hardly Working
- Editor's Note: July-August 2008
- Reporter Impact: July-August 2008
- Letter to the Editor: July-August 2008
- Not All Arrests Lead To Deportation
- A Bumpy Ride
- Leaving A Bad Taste
- Watch NBC5-Chicago Reporter Special Report
- Guarding Against Food-Borne Illness
- Fast Facts About Salmonella
- Shootings Increase After CeaseFire’s Budget Cut
- Divine Inspiration
- Parting Shot: July-August 2008
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