Racial Lines Done With Dots

From Eric Fischer’s Flickr set. Be sure and check out the link for some other cities including Virginia Beach and Washington DC;

via hillsandheights.org.

Demographics – Richmond food deserts produce urban farm trend

City of Richmond, Virginia

For every 10,000 residents in all of Henrico County, there are 1.5 grocery stores, whereas in Richmond City the availability is drastically lower, at .5 stores for every 10,000. The zip codes in Richmond that are absent of grocers peddling cheaper, nutritious food tend to be the areas where income is on average 20 percent below poverty; Highland Park, Barton Heights, Jackson Ward and Monroe Ward. alixbryan.com

Demographics – Richmond seeing first sustained growth in more than 50 years

City of Richmond, Virginia

If correct, the estimates of Richmond’s population increase since 2004 mark the first sustained growth since the late 1940s.  riverdistrictnews.com