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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
You should summarize and further interpret the data, host. I'm not sure what you point is exactly. I don't think we were patting ourselves on the back, and not especially when it comes to gun control. I'll wait for you to come back and present your case a bit further. For now, all I see is population density, poverty rates, and crime. Can you present the essential data and give me a more through interpretation that speaks directly to it?
Oh, and about the 10.8% "poverty rate" in Canada. You forgot this CIA note for others to see: note - this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2005) LICO is scaled by family size and community. You'd have to apply that to the American areas to have a direct comparison. Otherwise, 10.8% would seem higher in contrast. Statistics Canada uses this scale method as a more accurate representation of poverty. Not everyone does this, unfortunately.
EDIT: I should be more fair and give you more feedback. I do think there are several indicators that would help determine the level of crime and violence in a community. They include: average income levels, employment rate, health, education, access to community services. There are a few more, but I can't think of them from the top of my head. Should we factor all of these in? |
The data and stats from Dekalb, GA and Prince George's MD, contradict all of that ! My point, notwithstanding how negatively it might be received, is that the commonality between Dekalb, Prince George's, and Washington DC, is in the category of racial majority, as it is in Santa Clara and Canada. '
Dekalb (#2) and Prince George's (#1) boast the highest household average income of all counties with African American majority populations in the US, and Santa Clara enjoys one of, it not the highest average household income, and that is where the similarity ends.....
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African...n#Demographics
The nation's most affluent county with an African-American majority is Prince George's County, Maryland, with a median income of $62,467. Other affluent predominantly African-American counties include Dekalb County in Georgia, and Charles City County in Virginia....
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...y#Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 6,926 people, 2,670 households, and 1,975 families residing in the county. The population density was 38 people per square mile (15/kmē). There were 2,895 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile (6/kmē). The racial makeup of the county was 35.66% White, 54.85% Black or African American, 7.84% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 1.37% from two or more races. 0.65% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 2,670 households out of which 27.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.60% were married couples living together, 15.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.00% were non-families. 22.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the county, the population was spread out with 22.10% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 28.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.80 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $42,745, and the median income for a family was $49,361. Males had a median income of $32,402 versus $26,000 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,182. 10.60% of the population and 8.00% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.00% are under the age of 18 and 18.50% are 65 or older.
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Charles City County has a population too tiny to be noteworthy.....
Last edited by host; 06-29-2008 at 10:21 AM..
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