06 Jun Chicago Urban League Releases The State of Black Chicago Report
Since 1916, the Chicago Urban League has worked to advance equity for Black families and communities. We pursue this mission in part by providing direct services that help people find jobs, secure affordable housing, enhance their educational experiences, and grow their businesses. We also provide research, landscape analyses and pragmatic, evidence-based recommendations for issues that disproportionately affect Chicago’s Black residents. The Chicago Urban League periodically publishes the State of Black Chicago to monitor the conditions of Black Chicagoans. This year, Loyola University’s Institute for Racial Justice joined the effort. The 2023 State of Black Chicago report centers on both organizations’ commitment to an equity-focused agenda using data to depict the inequities faced by Black Chicagoans and inform discussions on more effective and efficient policies and programs to improve the circumstances..
Along with numerous 27 of Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods are predominantly Black. Black-White residential segregation is staggering. 80% of Black Chicagoans would need to be relocated to evenly distribute the groups throughout the city. Black residents make up at least 75% of the population in 28% of the 2,328 U.S. census block groups (includes 600 to 3,000 people) in Chicago. They account for more than 90% of the population in 21% of the city’s block groups. statistics, maps are included in the report to help readers visualize how race interacts with geographic space to create unequal communities with Black neighborhoods lacking many of the basic amenities present in other communities in the city.
Drawing on a plethora of data sources (including the U.S. Census American Community Survey, Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Health Atlas, the Department of Public Health, and the Chicago Police Department), we provide an in-depth analysis that helps us to better understand how systematic racism and capitalism work in conjunction with social, economic, environmental, and political factors to negatively affect the lives of Black Chicagoans in comparison to White Chicagoans. Link to the full report
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