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Pennsylvania Family Sampling

First, an overview map showing the locations of the study cities, along with potential sampling radii:


 
 

Next, a map of the proportion of State College area families in the desired income range:

Next, a map of the proportion of the State College area population composed of young children:

Using the querying capabilities of ArcView, we identified tracts that were in the upper quartile in both %poor and %kids.  We also relaxed the requirements a bit by using thirds rather than quartiles:

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