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    For the first time, transportation projects vying for federal dollars in the Twin Cities metropolitan area will be judged partly on whether they benefit the poor and people of color. Some suburban representatives argue that their cities could lose funding because of the new funding formula. http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/09/18/race-poverty-transportation-funding

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    For the first time, transportation projects vying for federal dollars in the Twin Cities metropolitan area will be judged partly on whether they benefit the poor and people of color. Some suburban representatives argue that their cities could lose funding because of the new funding formula. http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/09/18/race-poverty-transportation-funding

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    ANOKA

    DAKOTA
    HENNEPIN
    RAMSEY
    SCOTT
    WASHINGTON
    CARVER
    Afton
    Anoka
    Apple
    Valley
    Arden
    Hills
    Baytown
    Twp.
    Birchwood
    Village
    Blaine
    Bloomington
    Brooklyn
    Center
    Brooklyn
    Park
    Burnsville
    Centerville
    Champlin
    Circle
    Pines
    Coates
    Columbia
    Heights
    Coon
    Rapids
    Cottage
    Grove
    Credit
    River Twp.
    Crystal
    Dayton
    Deephaven
    Denmark
    Twp.
    Eagan
    Eden
    Prairie
    Edina
    Excelsior
    Falcon
    Heights
    Fort
    Snelling
    (unorg.)
    Fridley
    Gem
    Lake
    Golden
    Valley
    Grant
    Greenfield
    Greenwood
    Hanover
    Hilltop
    Hopkins
    Hugo
    Independence
    Inver
    Grove
    Heights
    Jackson
    Twp.
    Lake
    Elmo
    Lakeville
    Landfall
    Lauderdale
    Lexington
    Lilydale
    Lino
    Lakes
    Little
    Canada
    Long
    Lake
    Loretto
    Louisville
    Twp.
    Mahtomedi
    Maple
    Plain
    Maplewood
    Marshan
    Twp.
    May Twp.
    Medicine
    Lake
    Mendota
    Mendota
    Heights
    Minnetonka
    Minnetonka
    Beach
    Minnetrista
    Mound
    Mounds
    View
    New
    Brighton
    New Hope
    Newport
    Nininger
    Twp.
    North
    Oaks
    North
    St. Paul
    Oakdale
    Oak Park
    Heights
    Orono
    Osseo
    Pine
    Springs
    Plymouth
    Richfield
    Robbinsdale
    Rosemount
    Roseville
    St.
    Anthony
    St.
    Louis
    Park St. Paul
    St.
    Paul
    Park
    Savage
    Shakopee
    Shoreview
    Shorewood
    South
    St. Paul
    Spring
    Lake Park
    Spring
    Park
    Sunfish
    Lake
    Tonka
    Bay
    Vadnais
    Heights
    Vermillion
    Twp.
    Wayzata
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    Lakeland
    Twp.
    West
    St.
    Paul
    White
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    Twp.
    White
    Bear
    Lake
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    Woodbury
    Minneapolis
    Sand
    Creek
    Twp. St.
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    Island Twp.
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    Rogers
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    Spring
    Lake
    Twp.
    Stillwater
    Dellwood
    Stillwater
    Twp.
    Laketown
    Twp.
    County Boundaries
    City and Township Boundaries
    RCAP (40% Poverty and 50%
    People of Color)
    Area of Concentrated Poverty
    (40% Poverty)
    Minneapolis-St. Paul Int'l Airport
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
    Miles
    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data, 2007-2011;
    RCAPs and Areas of Concentrated Poverty as defined by Metropolitan Council on March
    6, 2013; Cluster analysis by Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, informed by the Fair
    Housing and Equity Assessment Data and Mapping Team.
    Extent of Main Map
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    ANOKA
    SCOTT DAKOTA
    CARVER
    HENNIPEN
    Racially Concentrated Areas of Poverty (RCAPs) and
    Areas of Concentrated Poverty, 2011.

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