This section presents data from the Bureau of the Census and the FBI Uniform Crime Reports on    social, demographic and crime statistics for each of the 100 largest central cities and their  surrounding areas. Its 12 indicators focus on population related characteristics such as age, race/ethnicity and foreign born, and socioeconomic status factors-unemployment, per capita income, education.

This section presents data from the Bureau of the Census and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for each of the 100 largest central cities and their surrounding areas. Its focus is on child at risk indicators, including child poverty, infant mortality, and low birth weight and child-related factors—total births, births to teens and female-headed households.

This section presents information from the Bureau of the Census on a specific indicator—concentrated poverty in central cities and in surrounding areas. It presents information that describes the proportion of total and poverty populations that reside in areas where census tracts where more than 40% of the residents live in poverty.

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