Graphic Detail: Civil Unrest and Marginalization in Baltimore

John C. Huggins
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Graphic Detail
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The map in exhibit 1 illustrates incidents of civil unrest that occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 27, 2015. Incident locations were mapped relative to the 2010 U.S. census tracts designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as Racially and Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty (R/ECAP), and regional Labor Market Engagement Scores also were denoted by 2010 U.S. census tracts.