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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950
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18 Summary Conclusion From this review of findings of the study of the Negro gamily in Burlington, Iowa, based upon a direct interview coverage of four-fifths of the total such units in the city, the following general discoveries seem to be of outstanding importance: 1. The Negro segment of the population has declined substantially during the last twenty years of its residence in Burlington. It lost almost 30% of its number in the ten years between 1930 and 1940; and although, there is believed to be a substantial gain, between 1940 and 1950, this number is not estimated to equal the size of the Negro population in 1930. There has been a decline of 20.4% over the two last census periods. It is a population of small family size (3.12 persons), averaging less than the size of all nonwhite families in the United States (4.24 persons) and all the families generally (3.63 persons). In addition, the median age for all Negro heads in the country in 1940 and one year in advance of family heads of all population groups. In the absence of rather substantial in-migration, the combination of these factors would seem to predict a continuation of this general pattern of decline in the Negro population. These changes seem to be related to economic opportunities afforded by the area. 2. In contrast with the Negro population of many larger northern cities, the Negro group of Burlington is predominately indigenous to the state and midwest area; two-thirds of the heads of families were born in Iowa or midwest, and six out of every ten heads never lived anywhere other
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18 Summary Conclusion From this review of findings of the study of the Negro gamily in Burlington, Iowa, based upon a direct interview coverage of four-fifths of the total such units in the city, the following general discoveries seem to be of outstanding importance: 1. The Negro segment of the population has declined substantially during the last twenty years of its residence in Burlington. It lost almost 30% of its number in the ten years between 1930 and 1940; and although, there is believed to be a substantial gain, between 1940 and 1950, this number is not estimated to equal the size of the Negro population in 1930. There has been a decline of 20.4% over the two last census periods. It is a population of small family size (3.12 persons), averaging less than the size of all nonwhite families in the United States (4.24 persons) and all the families generally (3.63 persons). In addition, the median age for all Negro heads in the country in 1940 and one year in advance of family heads of all population groups. In the absence of rather substantial in-migration, the combination of these factors would seem to predict a continuation of this general pattern of decline in the Negro population. These changes seem to be related to economic opportunities afforded by the area. 2. In contrast with the Negro population of many larger northern cities, the Negro group of Burlington is predominately indigenous to the state and midwest area; two-thirds of the heads of families were born in Iowa or midwest, and six out of every ten heads never lived anywhere other
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