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Article: White House Data on Texas Empowerment Zones & Enterprise Communities
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- December 21, 1994
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following data was
released today by the White House.
DALLAS, TX
Enterprise Community
City Population: 1,006,877
EC Population: 95,317
EC Size: 19.8 square miles
Poverty Rate: Ranges between 27.4 - 68%
Unemployment Rate: 8-10%;
OVERVIEW
The Dallas Enterprise Community occupies 31 census tracts in
Southern Dallas, an area south of the Trinity River. It is an
inner city area with vacant buildings, few jobs, and a population
of poor minorities. (The population in Southern Dallas is 50%
African-American and 24% Hispanic.)
Dallas was an early pioneer in the movement for reinvention of
government. ...