Dorothy F. Forbes
An early survey of New Haven stated that 75% of Blacks in New Haven were born in the South, coming primarily from Virginia and the Carolinas, with continuing migrants also coming from Puerto Rico. Thus, as more non-Whites enter into the area, more Whites flee to the suburbs.
TABLE I
Black migration from the South to New Haven, Connecticut.
Era
1945-1950
1950-1955
1955-1960
1960-1965
1965-1970
Net Black Migration From the South
550
1280
2500
2708
2334
Annual Avg. Rate
110
110
500
541
460
TABLE II
Ratio of movement from one dwelling to another, within the same neighborhood.
Dixwell (5) 0.16 to 1
Hill (1) 1.80 to 1
Fair Haven (3) 0.70 to 1
Dwight (7) 1.20 to 1
Newhallville(6) 2.10 to 1
Imperative to understanding the dynamics of an inner-city population, is that it is extremely mobile; moving either within a given neighborhood, or from one neighborhood to another. The tables provided herein are based on information from
Rollin G. Osterweis
. Areas close to Yale and the Medical Center, tend to contain a majority of Whites.
