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Appendix 2: Population Demographics in the 20 Pulse Check Sites

Pulse Check Site		MSA Size * (S, M, L, X)	Race Percent ^a				Percent Hispanic ^a	Violent Crime/ 100,000 Popu- lation ^b	Percent Persons Under 18 Below Pov- erty Level ^c	Unem- ploy- ment Rate	Popula- tion Density/ Square KM ^a	Percent Popu- lation Change ^d
Pulse Check Site		MSA Size * (S, M, L, X)	White	Black	American Indian Eskimo Aleut.	Asian and Pacific Islander	Percent Hispanic ^a	Violent Crime/ 100,000 Popu- lation ^b	Percent Persons Under 18 Below Pov- erty Level ^c	Unem- ploy- ment Rate	Popula- tion Density/ Square KM ^a	Percent Popu- lation Change ^d
	Boston, MA ¹	X	89.9	6.0	.2	3.9	5.7	505	15.2	3.1	353.3	3.8
	New York City, NY	X	61.3	28.9	.4	9.3	25.6	1,037	32.9	6.2	2,931.6	1.9
	Philadelphia, PA-NJ	L	76.5	20.1	.2	3.2	4.7	667	17.1	4.1	495.7	.6
	Portland, ME	S	97.8	.8	.3	2.6	2.0	730	16.6	4.0	368.7	4.6
	Baltimore, MD	L	69.1	28.0	.3	.6	.8	581	19.4	3.1	110.9	8.9
	Columbia, SC	M	68.7	29.6	.2	1.5	2.1	868	19.2	2.5	136.8	13.8
	El Paso, TX	M	94.5	3.4	.5	1.5	75.4	668	38.6	9.4	267.5	18.6
	Memphis, TN	L	56.3	42.4	.2	1.2	1.3	1,081	21.4	3.6	141.9	9.7
	Miami, FL	L	77.6	20.4	.3	1.8	57.4	1,532	29.6	5.8	432.0	12.3
	New Orleans, LA	L	62.6	34.9	.3	2.2	5.2	918	26.4	4.4	148.2	1.6
	Washington, DC ²	L	67.7	25.3	.3	6.7	7.6	537	12.8	2.6	281.1	12.2
	Chicago, IL	X	75.8	19.3	.2	4.6	14.8	NA	17.2	4.1	610.5	8.1
	Detroit, MI	L	74.9	22.6	.4	2.0	2.5	870	19.1	3.5	433.3	4.9
	Sioux Falls, SD	S	96.9	0.8	1.5	0.8	0.9	252	11.4	1.7	45.8	18.1
	St. Louis, MO-IL	L	80.8	17.6	.2	1.3	1.5	NA	16.4	3.7	155.2	3.1
	Billings, MT	S	95.5	.5	3.3	.6	3.3	187	16.8	4.0	18.6	12.2
	Denver, CO	L	89.8	6.2	.8	3.1	14.9	385	13.4	2.4	203.2	21.9
	Honolulu, HI	M	30.9	3.6	.5	65.0	7.4	268	14.8	4.9	556.4	3.4
	Los Angeles, CA ³	X	74.8	11.2	.6	13.4	44.4	1,027	30.5	5.9	887.3	5.3
	Seattle, WA 4	L	84.7	4.7	1.3	9.3	4.3	419	11.7	3.4	203.7	14.8
Small = <300,000 persons; Medium = 300,000�1 million persons; Large = 1 million�5 million persons; Extra Large = >5 million persons ¹Includes Worcester, Lawrence, Lowell, Brockton MA-NH/p> ²Includes Washington, DCMD- VA-WVA ³Includes Los Angeles-Long Beach ⁴Includes Seattle, Bellevue-Everett, WA ^a1999 ^b1998 ^c1997 ^d1990�1999 Note: Shaded boxes indicate that selected city is in a rural State.* SOURCE: 2001 County and City Extra: Annual Metro, City, and County Data Book, Tenth Edition. Eds: Gaquin, D.A., and Littman, M.S. Washington, DC: Bernan Press

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