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A: Retail Sales: Bridgeport/South/Southwest community comparison Retail sales in millions of dollars and other statistics | ||||||||||||
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| Community area | 1948 | 1958 | % Change 1948-58 | |||||||||
| TTL POP | MED INC | SALES $ MIL | %CITY SALES | %CITY POP | MI | TTL POP | MED INC | SALES $ MIL | %CITY SALES | %CITY POP |
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| Armour Sq. | 23294 | 2415 | 10.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 15783 | 4311 | 10.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | -2.8 |
| Bridgeport | 46070 | 3457 | 117.3 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 41560 | 5622 | 38.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | -66.9 |
| McKinley Pk. | 18813 | 3563 | 14.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 16908 | 6253 | 14.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +2.1 |
| Brighton Pk. | 41345 | 3812 | 30.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 38019 | 6090 | 52.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | +69.7 |
| Archer Hts. | 8675 | 4195 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 10584 | 7122 | 14.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +263 |
| Garfield Rg. | 12900 | 4228 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 40449 | 7712 | 22.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | +261 |
| Fuller Sq. | 17174 | 2737 | 9.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 12181 | 3886 | 9.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -5.0 |
| New City | 75917 | 3393 | 70.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 67428 | 5801 | 74.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | +6.4 |
| Englewood | 94134 | 3380 | 150.2 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 97595 | 4828 | 141.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | -6.1 |
| Gage Park | 30149 | 4253 | 16.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 28244 | 6829 | 30.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | +82.1 |
| Chicago Lawn. | 50211 | 4111 | 69.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 51347 | 6872 | 102.1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | +47.5 |
| B: Sectorial overview and comparison Total retail sales and population | |||
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| Area, sales, and pop. | 1948-50 | 1958-60 | % change 48-58 |
| Archer Corridor | |||
| Sales ($M) | 183.6 | 153.2 | -30.4 |
| Population | 151097 | 163303 | +8.1 |
| South/Southwest | |||
| Sales ($M) | 316.4 | 358.0 | +13.1 |
| Population | 267585 | 256795 | -4.0 |
[ RETURN ] { Non-graphical version } [ Table index ]
_______________ Notes: Category abbreviations: tot pop=total population, med inc=median income in 1949/59, sales $ mil=sales in millions of dollars in 1948/58, % city sales=percent share of Chicago retail sales outside of the Loop in 1948/58, % city pop=percent share of Chicago's population in 1950/60, mi=road mileage from Archer/Cermak to community area's main business district, % change=percent change from 1948-50 to 1958-60. Source: 1958 Census of Business, pp, 13-72--73; Chicago Commercial Reference Handbook (1963), pp. 239-40, 244-46; and Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area, [1950], pp. 143, 155, 231, 235, 239, 243, 247, 251, 259, 271, 279; 1960, table IV-1, pp. 248-51. See bibliograpy for publication information.