By The Numbers: In Feb. 2021 <i>Per Capita</i>, Four Long Beach Council Districts (Again) Equaled (And Two Exceeded) Chicago Person-Hit Shootings

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By The Numbers: In Feb. 2021 Per Capita, Four Long Beach Council Districts (Again) Equaled (And Two Exceeded) Chicago Person-Hit Shootings

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(March 2, 2021, 2:10 p.m.) -- In February 2021 (for the second month in a row), the area covered by four Long Beach mainly working class City Council districts -- CD 1 (Zendejas), CD 6 (Saro), CD 8 (Austin) + CD 9 (Richardsoj) -- had roughly the same level of person-hit shootings per capita as Chicago citywide.

The area covered by two of them -- CD 1 (Zendejas) + CD 6 - had a level of person hit shootings higher than Chicago.

Our data and math follow

Based on the most recent map presented to LB's redistricting committee, the four Council districts above have the following individual populations:

CD 1 = 48,314
CD 6 = 48,206
CD 8 = 54,075
CD 9 = 55,096
Total = 205,691

Chicago's 2019 population estimate was 2,693,976 which we've rounded to 2.7 million. That means Chicago's population is 13.126 times that of CDs 1 + 6 + 8 + 9 combined (2,700,000 divided by 205,691) and 27.97 times the population of CD's 1+6 Council districts combined (2,700,000 divided by 96,520).

Chicago's independent HeyJackass.com website indicates that in February 2021, Chicago had 153 persons shot and wounded.

CDs 1+6+8+9 had 12 person hit shootings in February 2021. 12 x 13.126 = 157.51 (higher per capita than Chicago.)
CDs 1+6 had six shootings in February 2021. 6 x 27.97 = 167.82, higher per capita than Chicago.
CDs 8+9 had six shootings in February 2021. 6 x 24.73 = 148,38, just under the per capita level for Chicago

. Five Council districts, mainly in more affluent parts olf the City, had nearly no shootings, a chronic inequity that a succession of LB Mayors and City Council have allowed to persist and LBPORT>com has editorially deplored as a "tale of two cities"

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