URBANIZATION
On the 1960 Census. Still pictures show an old home in Chicago, and downtown Chicago. George Stone and Dr. Philip Hauser discuss problems of urbanization; urban and rural population ratios from 1800 to a projected 1980; rank size of urbanized areas in the U.S.; sex ratios, median ages, and birth rates by population of urbanized areas; scattered metropolitan area population; the movement to the suburbs; the growth of Chicago from its base on Lake Michigan; urban renewal programs; and projections of the problems into the future. Description courtesy of the National Archives.National Archives Identifier: 7020
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- United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census.
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