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Exhibit 16: Urban Problems Have Spread
to Some Suburbs.

Distressed Suburban Places With
Populations Greater Than 15,000




City




State



1996 Population

1995 Estimated Poverty Rate
(in percent)

Population Change
1980-96
(in percent)

Pritchard

AL

32,887

51.6

-16.8

Hallandale

FL

31,163

21.4

-14.5

College Park

GA

20,300

30.5

-17.6

East Point

GA

34,155

21.2

-8.9

Forest Park

GA

17,060

20.0

-9.2

Chicago Heights

IL

31,899

21.1

-13.8

Harvey

IL

29,097

26.9

-18.7

Covington

KY

40,971

23.8

-17.4

Newport

KY

16,957

29.5

-21.4

Gretna

LA

16,862

31.2

-18.2

Hamtramack

MI

18,262

30.7

-14.3

Highland Park

MI

19,788

45.9

-29.1

Inkster

MI

30,992

24.8

-11.9

East Orange

NJ

70,534

20.8

-9.4

Oswego

NY

18,522

22.7

-6.4

Ashtabula

OH

21,315

21.7

-9.1

East Cleveland

OH

31,141

30.4

-15.7

Butler

PA

15,179

23.9

-10.8

Chester

PA

40,660

31.8

-11.2

Washington

PA

15,184

24.4

-17.3

McKeesport

PA

23,343

24.3

-24.7

Orange

TX

18,953

23.4

-19.8

Source: 1980 and 1990 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census; 1993 and 1995 Estimates by HUD from Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Bureau of the Census and Federal-State Cooperative Population Estimates, Bureau of the Census

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