Chapter 2.

Toward City-Suburban Parity--Findings and Recommenda-

tions

4

Broadening the Metropolitan Area Tax and Service Base

for Major Public Functions.

Establishing an Areawide School Tax Base--Recommenda-

tion No. 1.

Authorizing and Encouraging Areawide Use of Special-

ized Educational Facilities--Recommendation No. 2 ..

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9

10

Federal Government Encouragement and Assistance for

Metropolitan Educational Arrangements--Recommenda-

tion No. 2. .

11

Changes in State School Aid Formulas To Reduce Educa-

tional Disparities--Recommendation No. 4.

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Chapter 3.

Establishing Neighborhood Subunits of Government in

Large Central Cities--Recommendation No. 6. .

Establishing Neighborhood Information Centers and Re-

ferral Services--Recommendation No. 7 . . .

Changes in Federal Financial Assistance for Urban In-

formation Centers --Recommendation No. 9 . .

Expansion of IRS Income Statistics for Standard Metro-

politan Statistical Areas--Recommendation No. 11. .

Establishment of a System of Social Accounts--Recom-

mendation No. 12. . .

Establishing Comparative Standards for Performance of

Urban Functions--Recommendation No. 13. . .

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Chapter 4.

Local Government Finances--the Metropolitan Fiscal

Disparities

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TABLES

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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

1.

Population of the United States, Inside and Outside Metro-
politan Areas, 1900-1975. . .

Population Growth in Metropolitan Areas With and Without
Central City Annexations, by Size of Area, 1950-1960.

Estimated Population, Inside (CC) and Outside Central City
(OCC), 37 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas,
1957 and 1964 .

Urban and Rural Characteristics of Outside Central City
(OCC) Areas, 37 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical
Areas in the United States, 1960. .

Population Change, Central City (CC) and Outside Central
City (OCC), Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, by
Race and by Size, 1950-1960 .

Proportion of Negroes in Each of the 30 Largest Cities,
1950, 1960 and Estimated 1965 .

34

35

36

338

Negro Percentage of Population Inside (CC) and Outside Cen-
tral City (OCC), 37 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statisti-
cal Areas in the United States, 1950 and 1960 ..

39

8.

City Share of State Population and Public Assistance Recipi-
ents for Selected Cities, 1956 and 1966 . .

41

9.

Percent of Families With Incomes Under $3,000 and Over
$10,000 by Color of Head and Size of SMSA for Central Cities
(CC) and Outside Central Cities (OCC), 1959

42

10.

Relationship Between Central City (CC) and Outside Central
City (OCC) Average Household Income, Unadjusted and Ad-
justed for Rural Components, 37 Largest Standard Metropoli-
tan Statistical Areas, 1964 .

45

11.

Unemployment Rates for Slum Areas and for Metropolitan
Areas as a Whole, Selected SMSA's, 1966 . .

49

12.

Retail Sales, Inside (CC) and Outside Central City (OCC)
Areas, 37 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas,
1958 and 1963 . .

51

13.

Percent Change in Retail Sales Between 1958 and 1963, in the
37 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the
United States.

52

14.

Manufacturing Employment, Inside (CC) and Outside Central
City (OCC), 37 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical
Areas, 1958 and 1963.

54

15.

TABLES (Cont'd)

Summary of Significant National Disparities, Central City
and Outside Central City Areas, All Standard Metropolitan
Statistical Areas, 1960 .

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56

16.

Selected Per Capita Local Government Finance Data for Met-
ropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, 1957, 1962 and 1964-
1965. . .

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17.

18.

19.

20.

Per Capita Local Direct General Expenditures by Function
for Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, 1962. .

Per Capita and Per Pupil Current Expenditure for Local
Schools, Central City (CC) and Outside Central City (OCC)
Areas, 37 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas,
1964-1965

Percentage of Public School Buildings Over 45 Years Old,
15 Selected Large Cities, as of June 1965 .

Educational Expenditure as a Percentage of Total General
Expenditures Inside (CC) and Outside Central City (OCC),
37 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 1957
and 1964-1965 . .

61

66

69

74

21.

Per Capita Total Local Taxes, Central City (CC) and Out-
side Central City (OCC) Areas, 37 Largest Standard Metro-
politan Statistical Areas, 1957 and 1964-1965 . .

76

22.

Per Capita Income, Inside (CC) and Outside Central City
(OCC), 37 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas
in the United States, 1964. .

78

23.

Per Capita Taxes as a Percentage of Per Capita Income In-
side (CC) and Outside Central City (OCC), 37 Largest Stan-
dard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 1965

Assessed Valuations, Selected Large Cities and Their En-
virons, 1961 and 1966 . .

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25.

Per Capita State and Federal Aid, Central City (CC) and
Outside Central City (OCC) Areas, 37 Largest Standard Met-
ropolitan Statistical Areas, 1957 and 1964-1965 . .

85

26.

Summary of Fiscal Disparities Inside and Outside Central
City, 37 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas,
1964-1965

Projections to 1975 of Local General Expenditures and Tax
Revenues as a Percentage of Income, Central City and Out-
side Central City Areas in 35 Standard Metropolitan Sta-
tistical Areas.

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