[TABLE 4]

	BRIDGEPORT: LAND USE, 1939

	Percent of use in terms of acreage for township sections
	in which Bridgeport is located (a)


			Section	Section	Section	Section	Chicago
	Type use	 28	 29	 32	 33	avg.	
	-------------------------------------------------------
	Purely
	Residential	21.8	12.3	12.9	24.4	n.a.

	Residential
	w/business	 6.3	 2.5	 4.0	 6.3	n.a.

	All
	Residential (b)	28.1	14.8	16.9	30.7	24.1

	Purely
	Commercial (c)	 3.4	 1.8	 5.2	 5.4	 4.6

	Purely
	Industrial	11.0	34.2	29.4	 9.3	 6.9

	Mixed Ind'l
	and Comm'l	 0.2	 0.1	 0.1	  --	n.a.

	Railroads and
	Waterways	10.7	16.6	10.7	 8.0	10.3

	Streets and
	Alleys		32.8	19.4	18.7	28.8	24.6

	Public and
	Institutional	 2.0	 1.0	 2.7	 2.7	 3.3

	Parks and
	Playgrounds	 1.2	 1.7	 0.2	 2.0	 4.8

	Vacant
	or unused	10.6	10.4	16.1	13.1	21.4

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Notes:

 a. Sections include parts of other areas, such as McKinley Park and
    Armour Square. Northwest Bridgeport is in Section 29; northeast
    Bridgeport is in Section 28; southwest Bridgeport is in Section 32; 
    and southeast Bridgeport is in Section 33. 

 b. All residential includes residential and residential with business
    categories; this particular category must be removed to reach 100
    percent useage figures. 

 c. Does not include the residential with business category.

Source:
 U.S. Works Project Administration, Land Use in Chicago, (1940), pp. II
 (frontispiece), 218, 220, 232, 234. See bibliography for publication
 information.