Not exact matches
A significant share of the gaps
in income, education,
crime, and other socio - economic indicators between Southern states and non-Southern states
in the U.S. is associated statistically with having
larger African - American populations, although Southern whites are still lower
in income, less likely to receive educations, and more likely to commit
crimes, etc. than whites
in metropolitan areas outside the South.
By far the
largest city
in the top 10 with a population of over 8 million, New York ranks fifth because its relative total
crime differential is the second most favorable among the
metropolitan areas evaluated despite having a higher incidence of violent
crime than all but one other city on this list (Tucson).
As the fifth most populous city
in the US and part of the sixth
largest metropolitan statistical
area in the country, Philly does a great job of controlling
crime and risk to its residents.