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Title: Growing Income Inequality and Socioeconomic Segregation in the Chicago Region

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Publication Year: 2021

ISBN: 978-3-030-64568-7

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-64569-4

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Abstract: Income inequality in the United States has been growing since the 1980s and is particularly noticeable in large urban areas like the Chicago metro region. While not as high as New York or Los Angeles, the Gini Coefficient for the Chicago metro area (.48) was the same as the United States in 2015 but rising at a faster rate, suggesting it will surpass the US national level in 2020. This chapter examines the Chicago region’s growing income inequality since 1980 using US Census data collected in 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2015, focusing on where people live based on occupation as well as income. When mapped out, the data shows a city and region that is becoming more segregated by occupation and income as it becomes both richer and poorer. A result is a shrinking number of middle-class and mixed neighbourhoods. The resulting patterns of socioeconomic spatial segregation also align with patterns of racial/ethnic segregation attributed to historical housing development and market segmentation, as well as recent efforts to advance Chicago as a global city through tourism and real estate development.

Url: https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/48225/9783030645694.pdf?sequence=1#page=350

Url: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64569-4

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Authors: Smith, Janet L.; Sonmez, Zafer; Zettel, Nicholas

Editors: van Ham, Maarten; Ubarevičienė, Rūta; Tammaru, Tiit; Janssen, Heleen

Pages: 349-369

Volume Title: Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Population Mobility and Spatial Demography

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