1. TODAY’S PHILADELPHIA POPULATION ETHNIC & ANCESTRY GROUPS PUBLIC
2016 – 1,567,872
Black or African American %
Hispanic &Latino – 14.4%
Irish – 13.6%
Italian – 9.2%
German - 8.1%
Asian 7.4%
Polish – 4.3%
English -2.9%
American Indian or Alaskan - .9%
PUBLIC
INDUSTRIES
JOBS
EDUCATION
9.22% of workers walk to work
Waitstaff Janitors and cleaners Laborers and material movers Food prep Customer Service Secretaries Bookeepers and Accountants
Nursing aides Stock clerks
Truck drivers Sales reps Teachers Repair workers Supervisors Receptionists
Computer – based businesses
Finance Insurance Companies
Telecommunications Insurance Companies Printing and Publishing Biomedical Educational and Health Institutions Tourism Oil Refining Manufacturing
220 Public Schools
134,041 enrolled
103 Charter Schools (included Cyber)
69,505 enrolled
(HS Diploma held by 82% Philadelphians. College Degrees held by 25.4%)

2. 1850’S PHILADELPHIA POPULATION ETHNIC & ANCESTRY GROUPS PUBLIC JOBS
,376
1860 – 565,529 (20,630 African-Americans)
Huge population growth due to bringing together city and county districts
Germans Irish English
African-Americans (3.7%) Welsh French Chinese
PUBLIC
JOBS
INDUSTRIES
EDUCATION
Textiles and Clothing
Metal Production
Printing and Publishing
Leather Production
First public schools white only and segregated by sex
1818-First 8 public schools opened
1822 – First primary school for African Americans
1827- PA Society for Promotion of Public Schools founded by Roberts Vaux
1828- Lombard Street Grammar School for African American students opens
1838 – students enrolled in public schools
1854 – PA legalized separation of races if 20 or more African American students could be educated together
1867 – 2/3 of Philadelphians aged 6-12 attended school
Most workers walked to work
Greater proportion of black women than white worked for wages than as unpaid housewives
Tailors – weavers – spinners – cotton twisters
Coopers – cabinet makers – joiners – chair makers
Boot and shoemakers – tanners
Draymen – carmen- wheelwrights – blacksmiths
Stonemasons
Inn keepers – grocers – brewers
Publishers - teachers

3. What do these statistics tell you about economic opportunities for free blacks before the Civil War?