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<br />encompassing the northerly end eOlllerly portions of Ihe sludy oreo con- <br />sistenlly exhibit characteristics v"'y similar lolhe norm! for Ihe city. <br /> <br />Hc:ontly lower, reporting less thon 40 percent groduotes in some co~s. <br />The potlem holds true relotive to Ihe mediCJ'l number of school yeor! <br />completed "nd is porticulorly rloticeob!e when comporing stotiltics "" the <br />percentage of persons between the "ges of 160nd21 who ore not high <br />school groduotesond ore not l:'urrentfy enrolled - in other words, the drop- <br />outs. In the city'" 0 whole 14.1 percent of the persons in the age group <br />ore so cotegorized. Inthe'ludyorea,lhenortherlyond..",terlytrocl.the <br />figure.ronge from 5.710 10.2 percenl. In the lowertroc," Ihe range is <br />frOtr,23.0Io40.0percentJ <br /> <br />Figure, forColorodo Springs show 1970 proporlionsof8.8 percent Spanhh <br />,umome ond 5.2 pNcent blocks, '.umming to 14 percent of Ihe populotion in <br />identified minority groups. This <compore' to 0 ,ang" of from 2.3 percent <br />to 57.5 percent (I) Identified minority pcpulotion in the nine cemus troch <br />bearing directly on the study or~lO. The high minodty coocenlration, are <br />prevalent ot Ihe southerly end of !he study orec and northerly toUinlah <br />Slreetolongonorrowstrip,troddlinglhedrainagechannel. Thenortherly <br />ond eo.terlytroch ond, in this ca'e, the northwesterly trocl axhibitmlnorlty <br />percentoge..ignlficonlly below the cily total. <br /> <br />Unemploymenl Hgure. reported by the 1970 Census indicoh:l that 01 the time <br />of the survey 4.6 percenl oflhe moles 16 and over in Colorado Springsond <br />7.2 percent of the fem"lel were "nemployed members of the civilian lobar <br />force. The Shook's R.,," area t,ach reportedunemploymenl tongesof from <br />1.9 percent to 21.1 perce'll for m'Jles orld from 1.3 percent to IB.Operc"."t <br />for female.. The geographic pottem gerlflrally holds true, though 0 deviotion <br />is apporent irl thallhe fig"res u,r females irllrach 23 Orld 26 -Ihe south~ <br />westerlimost trocts in the study or(J(l . do fall below the unemployment levels <br />forthec!ty. <br /> <br />Persorl,in "dependent"agegroupings-definedforth;s"udyastho~under <br />18 and tho,e 65 ond over -occou"t fo, approximately 43 percent of the <br />city's 1970 population. This p,,,clntoge figure i. con,istent with those for <br />011 tractl bearing on the Shook'. RUnllludy area with the exception of <br />tract 16 Io<:oled immediately rlortl> of the CSO which ha, 0'1 extremely low - <br />8.5% - percentage in the youth CJtegcry. It i. notable, however, that <br />while the city lotal generally is ollo<:oted 35.6 percent to youth and 7.5 <br />percenlto elderJy, thesh;dyoreotracts, withsorneexcepliam, gerlerally <br />exhibit 2 to 3l1me. higher percen-ages of ",Iderly with corresponding <br />lower percentage. of youth under 18 yeors of age. <br /> <br />Income level. generolly fit the ge'>grophic pottem 01,0. The medion fomily <br />income for the entire city in 1969 WOt; S9,090. The range of medlan family <br />income levels for the Shook'. Run ~ensus t'acts varie, from 0 low of $3,966 <br />too high of $9,272. Without foil, the hlghest income leve!.o,e depicted <br />for the northerly ond ealterly tracls, the lowest for the southerly trocts. <br />CorresP""din~i.5' the percentage of famil1es c1as.ified os belng below the <br />poverty level in 1969 is9.1 percent for theclly os a whole; the northerly <br />and eosterly cerlSu. hocls of th.. study OfflO ~ t,ach 8, 9 ond 18 - register <br />below the total city level; the tracrssoutherly of those fflgiste'signlficantly <br />above the total city figure and "'~ge a, high 01 29.2 percent of the fomilie. <br />of cerl'ullrad 17 reported below the poverly level. <br /> <br />It is p..rhop' con,iSlent with the relatively high cancent'allon of pe,sons <br />65 ond OVer that 011 wi one of th~, c.,.,sus trocts cons ide'ed ho! a tron, iency <br />rote approximately at or below -eJnd in several cases well below -the <br />gen(>,,,,1 rol.. for th" city. (NOTE, forcenw.purposes, thebo,isfa, <br />oiffel'el'1tietlor. is hc',i"g ,,"oVlld !n the post 5 yecr~.) Ir. the city oS c whole, <br />33 percent of the p"r!on, 5 yeon e,ld onel older Were reported a, living in the <br />SOme house in 1970 os they hod been in 1965. irl the Shook's Run rerated <br />cen,usl""cls, Ihe tote ranged fron 28pe,eerlttofully58percentlivin 9 <br />in the s=" house.;n 1970. TheudYrloticeablegeographicpClttem Is <br />the no,th arlel ea,terly trachwhicl: exhibit the lowest tren.iencyr"tes. <br />The odd t""cI isogain tract 16, i,,:mediately north of the CBD, which, <br />with onl>. 18 percent reportirl9 to be in the some house ln 1970a. in 1965, <br />is the only one significantly low~" thon the figure for the whole city. <br /> <br />As a firlar i~dex of eco~,omic oppcrturlity, Ihe ovailobility of automobiles was <br />irlcludedelo possible indicotorofo family'.potentiol forovoiling themselves <br />af iob, ond educational apportuni!i.... outside their immedioterl"'ghbo,hood. <br />The pattern - whIch 11 becoming 011 too familia, - is once 0901'1 oppo'erlt. <br />Approximetely 8 percen lof the hou'ehold, in Colorado Springs hove no <br /><llitomobil.a o';atiab!<!. Thenorthul,',:,r.d eo:t"rl,. ccr.:u:trocts ofthc <br />Shook's Run ~tudy ar"a ore near Ot' below thi, flgure; .outherly from there <br />the percentage ofhou.eholds without ecces, to on aula lrlcreOlesdramat;colly. <br /> <br />rhe prevlouliy obse",,,d geographic potte," recurs once egoin 1'1 the s1ati~- <br />11c,on educationoIottolnmentle,els. Of persons 25 ye"rs old or Over in <br />lhecity, 71.epercentorehighschoolg,aduates. Thecensuslrodsalthe <br />northerly ~nd of th~ Shook's R~n .~~dy area exhibit percentage, opprooch. <br />ing or eXl:'eed,ng that figure but 01ce ognin the ""uthe,ly t'och o'e !;gni- <br /> <br />The ,igniflconce of the 'ec~rring !.'eographicol poltern in socio.economic <br />doto in th" Shook', Rur< .tudy oree has not yet b~en fully ossessed no, <br />thoroughlyd",buggedbulthepotterni.undeniablyapparel1ttotheeKtent <br /> <br />'36- <br /> <br />~ 37 ~ <br />