housing types
field notes

Jagged-tooth on Mermaid, housing project towers on Surf. Four large towers, about twenty stories. Also many vacant lots. Almost no buildings fronting on north-south streets. One row of two story historicized low income housing. Some retail on Mermaid.

Visited April 9, 2005.

population data
Total population 2137
White 429 21.2%
Black or African American 1208 59.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native 26 1.3%
Asian 6 0.3%
Hispanic or Latino 725 33.9%