<br />encompassing the northerly end eOlllerly portions of Ihe sludy oreo con-
<br />sistenlly exhibit characteristics v"'y similar lolhe norm! for Ihe city.
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<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
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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
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