Table 2.

Black neighborhoods in Chicago, 1880–1940

		Black population	% Black	% of city black total
Chicago persisting black neighborhoods
1 South Side	1880	4,580	9.1	71.6
	1900	16,138	16.5	62.6
	1910	31,519	27.6	69.3
	1920	87,148	48.5	79.6
	1930	186,079	87.3	79.6
	1940	220,268	93.9	80.0
2 Westside	1880	201	8.0	3.2
	1900	---	---	---
	1910	---	---	---
	1920	7,177	35.3	6.6
	1930	11,644	58.7	5.0
	1940	11,588	76.6	4.2
Chicago post-1910 black neighborhoods
3 Maxwell Street	1880	---	---	---
	1900	---	---	---
	1910	---	---	---
	1920	---	---	---
	1930	14,358	47.8	6.1
	1940	13,783	60.1	5.0
4 Morgan Park	1880	---	---	---
	1900	---	---	---
	1910	---	---	---
	1920	692	11.6	0.6
	1930	4,410	50.1	1.9
	1940	6,124	55.0	2.2
5 North Side	1880	---	---	---
	1900	---	---	---
	1910	---	---	---
	1920	---	---	---
	1930	2,943	19.1	1.3
	1940	4,018	30.0	1.5
6 Englewood	1880	---	---	---
	1900	---	---	---
	1910	---	---	---
	1920	1,206	20.3	1.1
	1930	2,418	30.5	1.0
	1940	3,681	42.2	1.3
7 Lilydale	1880	---	---	---
	1900	---	---	---
	1910	---	---	---
	1920	205	32.7	0.2
	1930	1,254	67.6	0.5
	1940	1,823	79.5	0.7

Note: Neighborhoods are identified as clusters of census tracts (EDs in 1910)