Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga 1950 zuwa 1960, yayin da yawan mutanen Newark ya ragu daga 438,000 zuwa 408,000, ya sami 65,000 wadanda ba fata ba. A shekara ta 1966, Newark yana da yawancin baƙar fata, saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin saurin sa. Yin la'akari da tashin hankali na 1967
, Malamin Newark Nathan Wright, Jr. ya ce, "Babu wani birni na Amurka da ya taɓa fuskantar irin wannan canjin canji daga fararen fata zuwa ga mafi yawan baƙar fata". Rashin sa'a na Babban Hijira da ƙaurawar Puerto Rican shine cewa 'yan baƙar fata na Kudu da Puerto Ricans suna ƙaura zuwa Newark don zama ma'aikatan masana'antu kamar yadda ayyukan masana'antu ke raguwa sosai. Mutane da yawa sun sha wahala da al'adun al'adu na barin yankunan karkara don tushen aikin masana'antu na birni da kuma yanayi. Sabbin bakin haure zuwa Newark sun bar talauci a Kudu don neman talauci a Arewa.