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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950
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9 age weekly earnings. The larger proportions of families are dependent upon types of industrial and business employment which, in general, require less skill and yield lower wages. By comparison, in 1940 for the state of Iowa at large, slightly more than 1 out of every 5 (21.8%) urban workers were in manufacturing; the proportion is undoubtedly larger for 1950. In Burlington, 30 percent of all workers 14 years old and over in 1940 were likewise engaged. The average weekly earnings of Negro family heads in Burlington is roughly equal to that of Negro family heads in Pittsburgh in 1946 ($40.00). The average weekly earnings of Negro family heads in manufacturing was £58.50 compared to the state average wage in June 1950 of $58.19. The occupational and industrial opportunities of the Negro family in Burlington, as shown in these indices, appear to lie predominantly at the lower margin of the city's economy. The largest group of family heads rely upon the wholesale and retail business establishments for employment, and primarily within unskilled job classifications. Approximately 40 percent are in this industry group as compared with 26 percent of all adult workers in Burlington in 1940. The most conspicuous lack of opportunity appears in the manufacturing industries which claimed about 30 percent of all employed adults in 1940, but only had 6 percent of Negro family heads in 1950. 4. A final item in Figure 2 which has some importance to economic status of the Negro family in Burlington concerns home ownership. As seen in the diagram three-fourths of all Negro heads of families own their homes. This reflects the general residence pattern of the city.
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9 age weekly earnings. The larger proportions of families are dependent upon types of industrial and business employment which, in general, require less skill and yield lower wages. By comparison, in 1940 for the state of Iowa at large, slightly more than 1 out of every 5 (21.8%) urban workers were in manufacturing; the proportion is undoubtedly larger for 1950. In Burlington, 30 percent of all workers 14 years old and over in 1940 were likewise engaged. The average weekly earnings of Negro family heads in Burlington is roughly equal to that of Negro family heads in Pittsburgh in 1946 ($40.00). The average weekly earnings of Negro family heads in manufacturing was £58.50 compared to the state average wage in June 1950 of $58.19. The occupational and industrial opportunities of the Negro family in Burlington, as shown in these indices, appear to lie predominantly at the lower margin of the city's economy. The largest group of family heads rely upon the wholesale and retail business establishments for employment, and primarily within unskilled job classifications. Approximately 40 percent are in this industry group as compared with 26 percent of all adult workers in Burlington in 1940. The most conspicuous lack of opportunity appears in the manufacturing industries which claimed about 30 percent of all employed adults in 1940, but only had 6 percent of Negro family heads in 1950. 4. A final item in Figure 2 which has some importance to economic status of the Negro family in Burlington concerns home ownership. As seen in the diagram three-fourths of all Negro heads of families own their homes. This reflects the general residence pattern of the city.
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