Racial Map Of Philadelphia

The holc’s appraisal map for the city is a striking illustration of this history. The map shows gentrification clustered in census tracts close to center city including graduate hospital, the east passyunk section of south philadelphia and northern liberties while showing that many more neighborhoods across the city experienced “statistically significant drops in income” in the 14 years studied. The map below shows the political leanings of people in and around philadelphia.

People who identify as black are most likely to be living in the central places. Best neighborhoods household income politics rent prices Percentage of the total population.

Several factors contributed to this decision:

In 1917 and 1918, there were race riots directed at black workers in both chester, pa., and philadelphia, which left two dead and many injured. Social explorer map census data by census tract from 1940. Population of pennsylvania and the philadelphia area philadelphia area pennsylvania 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% count white 1 hispanic 2 black asian mixed 1 other 1 63.0% Philadelphia maps of racial and ethnic divisions in us cities, inspired by bill rankin's map of chicago, updated for census 2010.