Vital Statistics for 94

Vital Statistics for
94 Large U.S. Cities (a): 1960-1990

Item	1960	1970	1980	1990
Population as a percentage of U.S. population	26.1	22.5	20.9	20.1
Percent minority population	18.9	24.1	37.1	40.1
Unemployment rate (percentage)	5.5	4.7	7.3	8.1
Percent employed in manufacturing	25.3	22.1	17.4	14.0
Percent did not graduate high school	58.7	48.8	42.2	27.9
Dependent ratio (b)	37.8	37.1	32.9	32.9
Median family income as a percentage of U.S. median family income	106.7	100.4	92.6	87.5
Family poverty rate (percentage)	17.2	11.0	13.6	15.1
Percent population in census tracts with >40 percent poverty	8.0	5.1	8.1	10.8
Female-headed families with own children as a percentage of all families	7.9 (c)	10.4	13.8	14.5
Total outlays of HUD (d) (and precursor agencies (e) ) as a percentage of total Federal outlays (f)	0.4 (c)	1.3	2.2	1.6

Source: U.S. Census data for 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990, as compiled by John D. Kasarda, Urban Underclass Database Machine Readable Files, Social Science Research Council, New York, 1992 and 1993 (except as noted). Calculations by HUD.

(a) Based on the 100 largest MSA central cities in 1980, with the exception of Anchorage; Fort Lauderdale; Jackson, MS; Jersey City; Newark; and Amarillo, for which tract-level data were not available in 1960.
(b) Ratio of population younger than 15 and older than 64 years to total population.
(c) Estimated.
(d) Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(e) Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1961.
(f) Source: Economic Report of the President, 1995, Council of Economic Advisers.

Vital Statistics for 94 Large U.S. Cities (a): 1960-1990

Vital Statistics for
94 Large U.S. Cities (a): 1960-1990