Chicago's Ghetto
1910 to 2000.
Chicago's Black Metropolis has expanded over the century and shows no sign of disappearing. Deep red on the maps indicate areas of Chicago which are at least 90% Black. Deep Blue is 90% + white and yellow is Latino. Click on the map or the buttons below.
Notice how gentrification is changing the racial composition of the near west and south sides.
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