Black Youth in Suburbia

While poverty in the United States most severely affects inner cities and remote rural areas, significant numbers of the poor also live in the suburbs that are generally regarded as sanctuaries of the affluent. A previous study has outlined the problem and some of the characteristics of suburban poverty for a two-county planning region on Long Island (Zschock, 1969). This sprawling suburban area is typical in that its ethnic composition is largely white. Moreover, except for occasional clusters of largely nonwhite ’ neighborhoods, most of its black and Puerto Rican residents live widely dispersed geographically. Nassau County, which borders New York City to the east, has the highest median income level among the 22 counties

Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies