While the Black population has begun to decline slightly in numbers in recent years, homeownership is important in describing the strength and stability of Philadelphia's Black population. The rate of 57.4% among Black households is the second highest homeownership rate for the city's twelve Planning Analysis Sections. Among Black residents, it is also common to find individuals who are the third generation of their family to have grown up in West Philadelphia. West Philadelphia has the second largest concentration of Asians in the city. According to the 1990 Census, only the Olney-Oak Lane area had a greater number of Asians. The 7,144 Asians residing in Philadelphia represent 16.4% of the city total for this population group. Census data also indicate that since 1980 West Philadelphia's Asian population has grown at a slower rate than for the city as a whole.
Most of the gain in Asian population in Philadelphia occurred prior to 1985, and most new Asian arrivals are now finding housing in other parts of the Philadelphia area. Prior to 1985, many refugees, usually lacking resources and jobs, settled in inexpensive rental housing located in Philadelphia, but quickly resettled in permanent housing throughout the region-especially in Southwest Philadelphia, Upper Darby and Lansdowne. Most of the other Asians living in West Philadelphia are neither refugees or immigrants; they are temporary residents enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, which had 2,270 Asian students in the 1993-94 academic year, and at other local universities and colleges.
very very interesting...
looks like the asians are the lazy ones..