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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 5% of black Americans live in the suburbs. Yet suburbia is where nearly 80% of the nation's new jobs are. During the 1960s, industries increasingly settled there, lured by the cheap land, low taxes, pleasant environment. But the blue-collar jobs they create remain inaccessible to blacks trapped in the inner cities. When the National Bureau of Standards left Washington to relocate in Gaithersburg, Md., for example, the total number of employees increased by 125. But black employment decreased by 73; blacks could not afford suburban housing and the commute took...
...large as the white, there are nearly as many black drug addicts (31,184) as white (32,624) according to the Federal Bureau of Narcotics figures based on police reports. The last available illegitimacy rate is 4.9% for all live white births as against 29.4% for nonwhite births. U.S. census figures report 29% fatherless black households as against 9% fatherless white households...
...mixed more black and white undergraduates, and it is now commonplace to see interracial couples strolling in college towns. The Peace Corps and Vista have been responsible for further interracial dating-and intermarriage. Social activism has established a solid common ground for white and nonwhite youth. Obviously, the next census will show a great many more mixed marriages since the 1960 figure...
After just a few days of stoppage, and with parts of the system still operating, the effects of the shutdown appeared to be little short of devastating. The nation's postal system handles 270 million pieces of mail a day and moves everything from bank drafts to draft notices. Census questionnaires were scheduled to go out to every American family this week. No Government agency or business?and few individuals ?could escape the impact of the mail strike. Postal service, once taken for granted, suddenly affected everyone by its absence...
...times, people sometimes had to travel to their birthplace or family seat to be counted, as in the case of Mary and Joseph's eventful journey to Bethlehem. In the present day, many countries order their citizens to remain at home for a specified period to await the census taker. All Cuba will be virtually paralyzed on census day this year except for ambulance drivers and census takers. In Mexico, fines for leaving one's house unoccupied on the vital day, Jan. 28, ran as high...