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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yale is in New Haven, not Hartford [/quote]

Ooops, you're right.  Slightly more white/less black and slightly less poor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut#Demographics

The US Census Bureau reports a 2010 population of 129,779, with 47,094 households and 25,854 families within the city of New Haven. The population density is 6,859.8 people per square mile (2,648.6/km²). There are 52,941 housing units at an average density of 2,808.5 per square mile (1,084.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city is 42.6% White, 35.4% African American, 0.5% Native American, 4.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 12.9% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 27.4% of the population.[52] Non-Hispanic Whites were 31.8% of the population in 2010,[53] down from 69.6% in 1970.[54] The city's demography is shifting rapidly: New Haven has always been a city of immigrants and currently the Latino population is growing rapidly. Previous influxes among ethnic groups have been African-Americans in the postwar era, and Irish, Italian and (to a lesser degree) Slavic peoples in the prewar period.

The median income for a household in the city is $29,604, and the median income for a family is $35,950. Median income for males is $33,605, compared with $28,424 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,393. About 20.5% of families and 24.4% of the population live below the poverty line, including 32.2% of those under age 18 and 17.9% of those age 65 or over.[55][56]

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In 2006 the New York Times described New Haven as one of the poorest cities in the United States.[57] As of 2001, the New Haven-Stamford-Bridgeport-Danbury metropolitan area had the third-highest per capita income in the country, behind San Francisco and Silicon Valley, California.[58] But Stamford is one of the wealthiest cities in Connecticut, with a median per capita income of $34,987, over twice that in New Haven.[59]

It is estimated that 14% of New Haven residents are pedestrian commuters, ranking it number four by highest percentage in the United States.[60] This is primarily due to New Haven's small area and the presence of Yale University.[/quote]

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