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Title: Gentrification and health in the Black community of Seattle's centeral district: Framing the issue and potential next steps
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Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: Though the face of CD has changed over the previous decades, it remains a vibrant community with many of the institutions of old enduring. The data from the American Community Survey estimate that just over twenty thousand people from around nine thousand households call CD home. Residents are largely younger adults and predominantly white, with Black residents making up the second most populous group. Though the unemployment rate is fairly low (3.7%), a considerable proportion of the community lives under the federal poverty level (13.1%), and over a third of renters pay a substantial proportion of their income on rent.15 As a community, CD experiences particularly poor health compared to the rest of the city. Data from Public Health – Seattle & King County paints a particularly bleak picture. Life expectancy in CD is estimated to be 76.6-79.7, compared to 83.5-86.2 for the Montlake neighborhood immediately to the north. Additionally, death rates from stroke, diabetes, and cancer are among the highest in the county. As with any area level estimate, it is not clear the extent to which this is influenced by in-and out-migration, but there does appear to be cause for concern.
Url: https://www.phpda.org/images/uploads/reports/Gentrification_Central_District_Dekker2.pdf
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Authors: Dekker, Matthew
Publisher: University of Washington
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Housing and Segregation, Other, Population Mobility and Spatial Demography
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