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Socioeconomics situation in areas of concentration of African Americans in New Orleans metropolitan area
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Socioeconomics situation in areas of concentration of African Americans in New Orleans metropolitan area
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S268667300009654-9-
DOI
10.31857/S268667300009654-9
Publication type
Article
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Published
Authors
Ivan Alov 
ORCID: 0000-0002-4411-4101
Occupation: graduate student
Affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State Universuty
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Edition
Issue 8
Pages
115-126
Abstract

In New Orleans and its suburbs, a large African-American community has historically developed. It has a fairly stable spatial pattern of settlement, but Hurricane Katrina in 2005 forced a significant portion of African Americans to move to other cities in the country. Based on data for 2000 and 2018, the characteristic features of changes in the settlement structure of this racial group were revealed. For this, an analysis of spatial correlation was carried out. The main area of concentration has remained the same — it is located in the eastern part of New Orleans. However, during the period under review, it decreased, and new areas of concentration in the suburbs also appeared. The socioeconomic status of the identified areas of concentration was also assessed using the Darden—Kamel composite socioeconomic index. It was found that during the period under review, the size of the African-American middle class decreased significantly. Areas populated by the richest and poorest African Americans have proven more resilient. The author concludes that this is due to the fact that the middle class had the opportunity to move to another city, the poorest representatives of the African American community did not, and the richest people inhabited those parts of the metropolitan area in which the damage from Hurricane Katrina was less critical.

Keywords
African Americans, New Orleans, spatial concentration, socioeconomic status, spatial correlation analysis, spatial structure of settlement, metropolitan area, USA.
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05.07.2020
Date of publication
31.07.2020
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