In 1960, nearly 40% of residents in Joe Page’s neighborhood were Black

The share of Black residents in his neighborhood jumped sharply between the 1950 and 1960 censuses.

A map of Census tracts showing the share of Black residents in each in 1960.

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Census data between 1960 and 2020 is not exactly comparable. The 1960 census did not break out non-Hispanic Black and white populations like the modern-day census does. Data is standardized to 2010 census tract boundaries.

Chart: Kasturi Pananjady/The BannerSource: Banner analysis of data from the National Historical Geographic Information System and the Longitudinal Tract Data Base