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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950

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increased since 1940, the basic number of Negro occupied dwelling units shown in the following distribution by wards is roughly the same at present. 

Ward, Number of Negro dwellings. Percent of all Negro Dwellings
1,0,0.0
2,9,8.7
3,20,19.2
4,17, 16.3
5, 31,29,8
6,15,14.5
7,12,11.5

   The highest concentration of Negro occupied dwellings is in the fifth ward which contains approximately three out of every ten Negro dwellings. The next highest is the third ward, containing a little less than two out of every ten Negro dwellings; but in neither of these wards is the concentration high enough to suggest a clear pattern of segregation. Small though significant proportions of the Negro dwellings occur in the rest of the wards. The one exception to this pattern is the first where there were no Negro occupied dwelling units, Since there had been no conspicuous expansion of Negro residency into new housing, or into neighborhoods not previously occupied by Negroes since 1940, the present pattern of Negro residency would appear to follow these same lines. 
   The important clues to the status of Negro housing in the community are furnished by findings of the coverage of 56 Negro family residences and by questionnaire responses from 13 real estate firms in the city of Burlington, Data from these sources form the basis of this section of the self survey report. along with pertinent information from the 1940 census.

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77 increased since 1940, the basic number of Negro occupied dwelling units shown in the following distribution by wards is roughly the same at present. Ward, Number of Negro dwellings. Percent of all Negro Dwellings 1,0,0.0 2,9,8.7 3,20,19.2 4,17, 16.3 5, 31,29,8 6,15,14.5 7,12,11.5 The highest concentration of Negro occupied dwellings is in the fifth ward which contains approximately three out of every ten Negro dwellings. The next highest is the third ward, containing a little less than two out of every ten Negro dwellings; but in neither of these wards is the concentration high enough to suggest a clear pattern of segregation. Small though significant proportions of the Negro dwellings occur in the rest of the wards. The one exception to this pattern is the first where there were no Negro occupied dwelling units, Since there had been no conspicuous expansion of Negro residency into new housing, or into neighborhoods not previously occupied by Negroes since 1940, the present pattern of Negro residency would appear to follow these same lines. The important clues to the status of Negro housing in the community are furnished by findings of the coverage of 56 Negro family residences and by questionnaire responses from 13 real estate firms in the city of Burlington, Data from these sources form the basis of this section of the self survey report. along with pertinent information from the 1940 census.