Table 6.

Percentage high school graduates (age-standardized) by residential mobility status, selected local areas, 2000

	Men (%)			Women (%)
Area Type/Area	Stayers	Movers Out	Movers In	Stayers	Movers Out	Movers In
Blacks
High-poverty urban
Harlem	64	72*	74*	70	75*	74
East Detroit	60	70***	69***	67	73***	74***
Southside Chicago	70	72	80***	74	75	85***
Watts	65	73***	68	68	73*	71
High-poverty rural
East North Carolina	61	72***	64	68	76*	76*
Black Belt Alabama	61	73*	68	68	68	75*
Delta Louisiana	54	74***	69***	63	77***	71*
Nonpoor urban
Bronx	77	83	81	83	86	80
Queens	79	83	79	86	87	87
Northwest Detroit	75	78	78	82	85*	79
Southwest Chicago	72	73	73	79	82*	80
Crenshaw/Baldwin Hills	77	81	81	82	81	80
Whites
High-poverty urban
Cleveland	67	76***	81***	71	77*	84***
Detroit	63	75	81***	68	79***	82***
High-poverty rural
Appalachian Kentucky	56	71***	64*	66	72*	59
West North Carolina	71	83***	85***	77	83*	89***
Northeast Alabama	68	81***	77***	73	81***	79*
South Central Louisiana	67	80***	80***	73	85***	78
Nonpoor urban
Western Cleveland	88	88	89	89	91*	91
Sterling Heights, MI	87	89	84†	88	90	88

Note: Significance indicators below refer to statistically significant differences between the rates for movers rate and stayers.

^†p < .10;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001