Why is Austin the most Anglo major city in Texas?

[rynetwo]

Originally Posted by OpenD

Why does it seem odd? Much of the growth in the Austin area in recent years has been due to the concentration of high-tech industries here. Many of these are in partnership with Asian companies. And there are lots of Asian computer engineers, software engineers, etc. while there are relatively few African-Americans in those fields.

Interestingly enough, the US Census reports the percentage of the population recorded as White is slightly lower in Austin than it is in Texas as a whole:

Whites: Austin 68.3% vs Texas 70.4%

Asians: Austin 6.3% vs. Texas 3.8%

Black Persons: Austin 8.1% vs Texas 11.8%

Hispanic's are considered white people!

[Austinite101]

Originally Posted by rynetwo

Hispanic's are considered white people!

Beat you to it lol

[Gingersnap92]

Hispanics can be of any race, sure. Like Julio Franco and Ruben Sierra who played for the Texas Rangers.


I guess I'm referring to Latinos. ??? and Anglos?

[BevoLJ]

Originally Posted by Austinite101

Those are not Non-Hispanic Whites. Check again.

Here you are...

Using MSA's so including outlying suburbs like Round Rock and such. If you want just the cities, let me know.

Texas - 11,286,712 (46.4% non-hispanic white)

DFW - 3,171,029 (51.5% non-hispanic white)
Houston - 2,338,633 (41.0% non-hispanic white)
Corpus - 157,835 (37.3% non-hispanic white)
San Antonio - 758,379 (36.9% non-hispanic white)
Waco - 137,667 (60.0% non-hispanic white)

Austin - 902,049 (55.4% non-hispanic white)

Source: 2010 US Census: American FactFinder

If looking for diversity, even though Houston has a higher white population than some others it is still by far the most diverse. In the other cities with lower white population most of the rest is hispanic, while Houston has large populations of many different ethnicities.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by rynetwo

Just using 2010 numbers...(city proper)
Houston's Asian population 111,270
Austin's 49,794
San Antonio 31,857

The thing about Houston's Asian population (and maybe it's a bit this way in Austin too) is that a large number of them (mostly families) are in the metro but not the city limits. Sugar Land, a suburb city similar perhaps to Round Rock, is 35% Asian!

[Austinite101]

Originally Posted by AK123

The thing about Houston's Asian population (and maybe it's a bit this way in Austin too) is that a large number of them (mostly families) are in the metro but not the city limits. Sugar Land, a suburb city similar perhaps to Round Rock, is 35% Asian!

Austin's Asian population is most concentrated within the city limits and drops off if you include the metro numbers.

[BevoLJ]

Originally Posted by AK123

The thing about Houston's Asian population (and maybe it's a bit this way in Austin too) is that a large number of them (mostly families) are in the metro but not the city limits. Sugar Land, a suburb city similar perhaps to Round Rock, is 35% Asian!

Round Rock is 6% Asian. The part of Austin where most Asian lived is around UT and Downtown. The 3 Census Tracts are (601 - 21%, 603 - 17% and 604 - 24% Asian) and in Terrytown (Lake Austin BLVD area) in census tract 1602 which is 20% asian. The other areas that are high are around Zilker the North Burnet Rd around the Domain which is like 21%.

For the suburbs (other than the North Burnet/Domain area) the further out suburbs the highest areas are in Bee Caves the census tract for the Galleria Mall is 15% and Steiner is 10% but all other tracts around Lakeway are 0-3.5%. The south suburbs being 3-14% with most being closer to 3. All the Circle C census tracts are around 10-12% Asian, and Oak Hill's tracts being 12-14%. Most of North Austin burbs are much lower, with a few high areas. East of I-35, west of Mopac, and north of the 45 all tracts are pretty much 1-2%. Between I-35/Mopac & S of 45 it is a lot different. The North Burnet/Domain area tracts are 13-20%, Wells Branch tracts are 12-21%.

One interesting thing, I found 3 census tracts in the Austin metro area with less Hispanics than Asians. Two of the 3 in the DT/UT area had more Asians than Hispanics (23% to 13%, and 17% to 12%) and Steiner Ranch near Lakeway had 10% Asian and 9% Hispanic. There maybe more but I think I looked at most and those were the only ones I saw. I also found one in Westlake in which the Asian and Hispanic populations were the same @ 8% which also happens to be the tract in Westlake with the highest Asian population. All the rest of the census tracts in Westlake have about twice as many hispanics as asians which I would not have guessed at and I live in Westlake, lol. It is odd to me how many more hispanics there are in Westlake than Asians (now that I just wrote that it looks so very shallow of me, ).