Small Cities USA: Growth, Diversity, and Inequality

MAPS, FIGURES, AND TABLES

MAPS, FIGURES, AND TABLES Maps 1.1. Eighty Small Metro Areas, United States 18–19 2.1. Providence, Rhode Island 38 2.2 Green Bay, Wisconsin 48 2.3 Salinas, California 58 2.4 Laredo, Texas 67 Figures 2.1 Median Population for Entire Metro Area, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 33 2.2 Median Central City Population of Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 35 2.3 Median Suburban Population of Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 36 2.4 Median Percentage Population Identified as White in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 43 2.5 Median Percentage Foreign-Born Population in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 44 2.6 Median Percentage of Population with College Degree in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 46 2.7 Median Percentage of Population Employed in Manufacturing Sector in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 54 2.8 Median Percentage of Population Employed in Professional Services Sector in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 55 x MAPS, FIGURES, AND TABLES 2.9 Median Values on the 90:10 Economic Inequality Index in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 64 2.10 Median Unemployment Rate in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 65 3.1 Median Percentage of Population with a College Degree by Income Growth Group, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 84 3.2 Median Percentage Foreign Born by Income Growth Group, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 86 4.1 Median Percentage of Workforce Employed by Sector for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 97 4.2 Median Percentage of Firms by Sector for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 98 4.3 Median of Average Wages by Sector for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 99 4.4 Median Location Quotient for Employment by Sector for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 100 4.5 Median Location Quotient for Number of Firms within Sectors for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 101 4.6 Median Location Quotient for Wages by Sector for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 102 4.7 Percentage Change in Level of Employment by Sector by Level of Change in Median Household Income in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 107 4.8 Average Wages by Sector by Level of Income Change in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 108 4.9 Changes in Employment by Sector by Change in Economic Inequality Levels in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 110 4.10 Median Percentage Change in Average Wages by Sector by Change in Economic Inequality Levels in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 111 MAPS, FIGURES, AND TABLES xi Tables 1.1 Changing Numbers of Cities in the United States, 1970–2000 15 1.2 Small Metro Areas by Region 17 1.3 Median Population, Population Range, and Largest MSA, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 21 1.4 Median Growth Rates for Eighty Small Study Metro Areas, Percentage of Metro Areas That Shrank by Decade, and List of Metro Areas That Shrank by Decade, 1970–2000 22 2.1 Eighty Small Metro Areas Grouped by Rate of Population Growth for the Period 1970–2000 31 2.2 Median Percentage of Workforce Employed in Various Economic Sectors, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 52 2.3 Average Median Household Income by Decade by Rate of Population Growth, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 62 3.1 Eighty Small Metro Areas Grouped by Percentage Change in 90:10 Economic Inequality Index, 1970–2000 88 4.1 Increase in Median Household Income by Quartile, Eighty Small MSAs, 1970–2000 105 4.2 Median Household Income Levels by Growth Quartile, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970–2000 106 5.1 Success Index Rank of the Eighty Small Metro Areas in 2000 122 5.2 Small Metro Areas That Experienced the Biggest Change in Success Index Rank, 1980–2000 125 5.3 Success Index Rankings of Case Study Metro Areas, 1980–2000 127 6.1 Median Location Quotients by Success Index Quartiles in 2000 140 ...