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COMMUNITY TYPE

Industrial Metropolis

Characteristics
  • Densely populated urban centers
  • More diverse and younger than the national average
  • Median income is $10,000 higher than the national county average
  • Likely to vote Democratic

Community Type Demographics

Ethnicity

Presidential Election Results

2004
  • 63%
  • Kerry in 2004
  • Kerry
  • 36%
  • Bush in 2004
  • Bush
2008
  • 68%
  • Obama in 2008
  • Obama
  • 31%
  • McCain in 2008
  • McCain

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Median Household Income

  • $51,234
  • Industrial Metropolis
  • Industrial Metropolis
  • $36,934
  • College Graduates
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Around the Nation

Finding Our Bootstraps: Americans Deal With Recession

Since late 2007 America has been in an economic crisis. From a story about a family living on a beach, to a former GM employee looking to downsize his life, to a teenager weighing options for after high school, this one hour newscast compatible documentary explores how people are finding the strength and situations that get them through economic hard times.

The 'Cities' of Philadelphia

Patchwork Nation's Dante Chinni takes viewers on a drive down Germantown Ave., revealing the many "cities" that make up Philadelphia.

Philadelphia's "Love Letter" Murals Spark Neighborhood Revival

Originally started to combat a graffiti problem, Philadelphia's Mural Arts program became a tool for urban renewal while it covers the city with stunning art.

Philadelphia Adjusts as Manufacturing Fades

In part one of the Patchwork Nation series examining communities across the U.S., Ray Suarez looks at Philadelphia's shift from a city of skilled blue-collar workers to one where just 1 in 20 workers makes things for a living.

Philadelphia Hopes Changes to Health Benefits Cut Costs

Philadelphia officials say the city will save more than $6 million dollars by switching some employees' health care benefits to a "self-insured plan." City workers who are not represented by the four labor unions got word Thursday of changes.
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