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POPULATION GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION IN CENTRAL CITIES, 1940-1950.

Source :
American Sociological Review; Feb56, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p38-43, 6p
Publication Year :
1956

Abstract

This paper supplements studies of metropolitan areas in which emphasis has been placed mainly upon the growth of suburbs, or the metropolitan "ring." The "central city" as defined by the U.S. Bureau of the Census is the object of attention in this study which investigated changes in growth and in patterns of distribution of total, white, and nonwhite populations by zonal distance from the city center during the decade 1940-1950. Twenty-three cities were selected for analysis. The main sources of data for this study were the census tract publications of the U.S. Bureau of the Census for 1940 and 1950, and the 1930-1940 study of central city growth by Thompson. The population growth observed for the twenty-three cities in the decades between 1900 and 1950 exhibited a general tendency toward a declining rate. This trend was most noticeable between 1900 and 1940. Between 1940 and 1950 rates of population growth were higher than those of the previous decade in all cities except Atlanta, Nashville, and Washington; but they were, in general, lower than the rates of growth of the decades prior to 1930.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00031224
Volume :
21
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
American Sociological Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
12800717
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2307/2089338