Urban Differences
Lynn Robinson
January 1, 2000
Cities hold together stunning diversity, but each city has its own fingerprint. These statistics for seven of America's major cities give some clue to how different their populations are. The number of residents between ages eighteen and forty, for example, ranges from 35% in New Orleans to 48% in Boston. 77% of New Orleans' residents were born in Louisiana; only 35% of the residents
Francisco and Los Angeles were born in California. A remarkable 38% of the residents of Los Angeles were born outside of the United States, which could account for the fact that over half of Los Angeles households speak a language other than English.
These statistics aggregate the individual stories and vastly divergent experiences of millions of people, and in that sense they obscure them. But they also evoke stories, real and imagined, of the experiences that have shaped these cities and their citizens. For example, by doing a little extra math, we can determine that there are thirty thousand more men than women in the city of Dallas who are single and have never married—which should make for a fascinating social scene.
Characteristics of Those Living in Major Cities
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