Table 1 Summary Statistics of Chicago and Its Community Areas
Panel A: ChicagoBlack ResidentsWhite Residents
Population (2000)1,065,0001,215,018
% stay between 2000 and 201038.5736.98
Panel B: Community AreasMeanSt. Dev.
Brownfields cleaned up: count3.613.49
Brownfields cleaned up: per
sq. km
0.520.44
Brownfields cleaned up: acres12.1234.24
TRI facilities per sq. km0.210.32
Index crimes per 10,000 persons620.55406.11
% performing schools0.580.35
Overcrowded schools0.350.48
Rapid transit (Pink Line) update0.060.25
% change in 1990–2000 black
population
2.556.48