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History

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, "especially transient gangs that are less organized — and often, randomly violent — terrorize some of our neighborhoods including … Osborn," In 2012, as part of the 100 Houses project, volunteers boarded up various vacant houses in Osborn.

Cityscape

Osborn is bounded by

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Demographics

As of 2012, according to the Detroit Center for Family Advocacy the median family income was $32,421. Single parents are the heads of over 30% of Osborne families, while in the U.S. the national percentage is 9.1%. Of children born to parents living in Osborn, 22.4% were born to teenage parents. 35.7% of Osborn residents are children who live in poverty, while 13.9% of all Michigan residents are children in poverty. A 2010 report from Data Driven Detroit, City Connect Detroit, stated that Osborn had 27,166 residents.Osborn Neighborhood Profile
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" () Data Driven Detroit, City Connect Detroit. p. 1. Retrieved on November 8, 2012. The community was 91.3% black, 4.3% white, 2.1% Asian, 1.4% reporting more than one race, and .7% Hispanic and Latino; the Hmong people were most of the Asians in Osborn. The report said that the Hmong, which numbered at 560, "had established a tight-knit community in Osborn".Osborn Neighborhood Profile
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Osborn had 37,358 people, with 84.1% being black, and 8.6% white. There were 1,700 Hmong people in Osborn. Between the 2000 census and the

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the population experienced a 27.3% decline. The number of children and youth in Osborn decreased by 5,912, a 39.3% decline. The number of African-Americans decreased by 21.1%, but proportionately became a higher percentage of the community. The numbers of White, multiethnic, and Asian/Hmong groups had the most severe declines. The white population declined by 64%. The Hmong population declined by 66%. Most Hmong moving from Osborn settled in

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, mainly in Hmong communities in

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and Center Line. In addition, some Hmong moved to

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. September 29, 2013. Retrieved on February 19, 2014. According to Matthew Lewis of Model D, the language differences and other factors made the black population perceive the Hmong as being "insular" and make false assumptions about the Hmong.

Education

Osborn is within the

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. The Pulaski, Brenda Scott, and Trix K-8 schools in Osborn and Law K-8 School outside Osborn serve Osborn for elementary and middle school. Most of Osborn is zoned to

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while a portion is zoned to

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classrooms, as well as the headquarters of the GSRP in DPS.

Parks and recreation

Parks in Osborn include Bessy Playfield, Wish Egan Playfield, Marruso Playground, Calimera Park and the Lipke Recreation Center. Bessy Playfield is adjacent to Brenda Scott School. Calimera Park is the home of the Edible Hu
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References

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