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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950
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THE NEGRO FAMILY IN BURLINGTON, IOWA As a means of obtaining significant clues to problems in race relations in Burlington, Iowa, a study was made of the Negro family in terms of its status in the larger community. This involved a direct interview coverage of 56 families, conducted by a group of volunteer workers of the Burlington Self-Survey in Race Relations. This number represented, according to local estimates, approximately four-fifths of total Negro family units in the city. In order to solve the problem of locating such a small segment of the total population, lists of Negro families were made up from names given by the Negro ministers of the city and other leaders of the group. The study covered all of these families. Though not involving a special sampling design, this method does not appear to contain a bias that would seriously limit the formulation of some tentative general conclusions. Polulation Background The 1940 census listed 25,832 persons for the city of Burlington. Of this number, 1,220 (4.7%) were foreign-born white and 265 (1%) were Negroes. In the decade since 1930, the city actually lost 924 residents; and among this number 112 were Negroes, 729 were foreign born whites, and 166 white males. There was, at the same time, a gain of 83 white females. Thus, while the city was a whole was losing 3.4% of its population, the Negro and foreign-born segments were reduced by 29.4 and 37.4 percent of their respective numbers. It is generally mentioned that approximately 30,000 persons constitute the present population of Burlington, and that 1% or 300 of these are Negroes. This would mean a 16% gain over the 1940 figure for the city as a whole and one of 13% for the
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THE NEGRO FAMILY IN BURLINGTON, IOWA As a means of obtaining significant clues to problems in race relations in Burlington, Iowa, a study was made of the Negro family in terms of its status in the larger community. This involved a direct interview coverage of 56 families, conducted by a group of volunteer workers of the Burlington Self-Survey in Race Relations. This number represented, according to local estimates, approximately four-fifths of total Negro family units in the city. In order to solve the problem of locating such a small segment of the total population, lists of Negro families were made up from names given by the Negro ministers of the city and other leaders of the group. The study covered all of these families. Though not involving a special sampling design, this method does not appear to contain a bias that would seriously limit the formulation of some tentative general conclusions. Polulation Background The 1940 census listed 25,832 persons for the city of Burlington. Of this number, 1,220 (4.7%) were foreign-born white and 265 (1%) were Negroes. In the decade since 1930, the city actually lost 924 residents; and among this number 112 were Negroes, 729 were foreign born whites, and 166 white males. There was, at the same time, a gain of 83 white females. Thus, while the city was a whole was losing 3.4% of its population, the Negro and foreign-born segments were reduced by 29.4 and 37.4 percent of their respective numbers. It is generally mentioned that approximately 30,000 persons constitute the present population of Burlington, and that 1% or 300 of these are Negroes. This would mean a 16% gain over the 1940 figure for the city as a whole and one of 13% for the
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