Ghetto poverty among blacks in the 1980s

Paul A. Jargowsky
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Paul A. Jargowsky: Assistant Professor of Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas, Postal: Assistant Professor of Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1994, vol. 13, issue 2, 288-310

Abstract: This article uses 1990 census data to analyze the changes in ghetto poverty among blacks in the 1980s. Ghetto poverty among blacks increased, both in terms of the number of blacks living in ghettos and as a percentage of the black population. The black poor became increasingly isolated in ghettos, with nearly half of the black poor in metropolitan areas living in a ghetto neighborhood. The physical size of ghettos expanded rapidly, even in some metropolitan areas where the percentage of blacks living in ghettos declined. There were striking differences between regions, with the Midwest and Southwest having the largest increases in ghetto poverty while the eastern seaboard had declines.

Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.2307/3325015

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