On Durham and identity
Duncan Murrell
dvmurrell at nc.rr.com
Thu Apr 5 11:26:15 EDT 2007
Census 2000
City of Durham : 201, 726 population, 1,976.4 people per square mile.
Town of Chapel Hill: 48,715 population, 2,466 people per square mile.
Free Republic of Carrboro: 16,782 population, 3,753.7 people per
square mile.
Durham: Median income, household: $41,160; median income, family:
$51,162; median income, men: $35,202; median income, women: $30,359;
per capita income, city: $22,526. 15% of population below poverty
line.
Chapel Hill: Median income, household: $39,140; median income,
family: $88, 200; median income, men: $50, 258; median income,
women: $32, 917; per capita income, town: $24,133; 21.6% of
population below poverty line.
Carrboro: Median income, household: $33,527; median income,
family: $47,330; median income, men: $30,099; median income,
women: $31,090; per capita income, town: $21,429; 19% of population
below poverty line.
What's remarkable isn't that Durham has a burgeoning and supportive
musical culture, but that we're talking about such a thing being
remarkable in a city of 201,000 people.
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