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Maps of High-Poverty and High-Minority Schools
   November 2, 2011

This series of maps shows the percent of students at each school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) district that are a racial minority and the percent that applied for free/reduced lunch at two points in time, the 2001-02 and 2008-09 school years.   The final two maps show only those schools in which the proportion of minority students and students receiving free/reduced lunch...

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Dropout Rate for Neighborhoods and High School Attendance Zones
   November 2, 2011

The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute created this series of maps, in collaboration with Council for Children's Rights, in October, 2010, to provide background information and context for principals of Charlotte-Mecklenburg (CMS) high schools and the CMS Investment Group (a group of private donors and community leaders that pledged $55 million to improve graduation rates and narrow the achievement...

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New reality: the rise of high-skilled immigrants
   September 15, 2011

When you think of an immigrant, what comes to mind: the person who helped build your house, or the physician discussing your treatment plan?  New research finds just as many highly skilled working-age immigrants living in the United States as low-skilled ones, with the growth rate of more educated arrivals now outpacing that of immigrants with little education. Read more
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Gaston, onetime manufacturing heavyweight, now lags Union
   July 19, 2011

Local perceptions may not have caught up with the new reality in the Charlotte region’s manufacturing economy. Even before the recession began in 2007, declines in the textile and furniture industries were changing the structure of local employment. Read more
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Charlotte region ages around a youthful core
   June 2, 2011

In 1960, the median age for the United States was 29.5 years, meaning that half the population was older than that, and half was younger.  In the 2010 Census, the median age for the country moved up to 37.2 years, reflecting what many demographers refer to as the “graying of America”.  As with other changing demographics, however, this trend is not occurring evenly.  Some places...

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Census 2010: North Carolina is 6th-fastest growing in U.S.
   May 26, 2011

An examination of the Census 2010 data released so far provides several insights into how North Carolina’s growth compared to other states.  North Carolina was the 6th fastest-growing state in the 2000s at 18.5%, putting it just between Texas and Georgia, and virtually tied with Georgia in growth since the 1990s.  That level of growth was enough to move North Carolina from...

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2010 Census Results: Population distribution and change in North Carolina
   May 26, 2011

 

A summary presentation of population trends related to North Carolina.  Based on Census 2010 preliminary (redistricting) data released in the spring of 2011.

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Census 2010: South Carolina Counties in the Charlotte Region
   May 19, 2011

The recently released South Carolina data from US Census 2010 now allow for a more complete picture of growth in the Charlotte Region in the last decade. The South Carolina counties of Chester, Lancaster and York form the southern flank of the 14-county Charlotte Region. The census data show York County was the second-fastest growing of all South Carolina’s counties since 2000 with a population... Read more
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Alcoa and the Yadkin River: What’s next?
   May 12, 2011
Jeff Michael
Last week, the Appellate Court for the District of Columbia ruled against Alcoa’s petition requesting that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proceed with issuing the company a new license to continue operating its dams along the Yadkin River. This ruling was not the final determination concerning who will own and operate Alcoa’s dams and reservoirs in the future, but rather just the... Read more
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Census 2010: Mecklenburg patterns of residential segregation
   March 17, 2011

Controversies over school closures in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County over the past year have refocused public attention on issues of race in our community. While the explosive growth of the Hispanic population has been a more recent demographic trend, the issue of residential segregation among blacks and whites has a much longer history in this community, with significant public policy... Read more