Saturday, September 12, 2009

2016 Olympic Bid: Rio De Janeiro vs Chicago

Source - Wikipedia

Measure

Chicago, IL, USA

Rio De Jenero, Brazil

Population / Pop Density

2.8 Million / 4,883.8/km2

6 Million / 4781 per sq km

Racial Profile

White 37.6% of Chicago's population; of which 30.9% were non-Hispanic whites.

Blacks 35.0%

American Indians 0.2%

Asian Americans made up 4.9%

Pacific Islander Americans made up only 0.1% of the city's population;

6,319,890 White people (53.4%), 2,964,725 Pardo (Brown) people (33.5%), 991,210 Black people (12.6%) and 59,175 Asian or Amerindian people (0.5%)

(Note – Some people who would be considered 'Black' in America self-identify as "White" in Brazil

Land Mass

606.1 sq km

1260 sq km

Economic Stats

$506 billion (USD)

GDP R$ 127,956,075,000 (2006)

Per capita income R$ 20,851 (2006)

Language

English

Portuguese

Education Misery index

CPS graduation rate: 52.2% in 2006

95% Literacy Rate

Poverty Profile

About 16.6% of families and 19.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Majority of population are poor. Reside in Favelas

Crime Profile

510 murders in 2008

30 Murder Victims Per Week

Murder Rate: 37.7 per 100,000

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