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Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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Originally Posted by A&M Bulldawg
I know DANNY! He posted 16.8%, which is 999,000. I read from Houston's newspaper website that it is 17.3% which is over 1 million.
Why does it matter if its 1 Million or 999,000 people though?
I know you're really into the more African American population is better thing (and that's fine), but really dude it doesn't matter. I'm Asian and there's only 420,000 of us in Houston and I don't have anything to complain on. Personally I'm not even that Asian oriented, only some of my friends are, most of my friends are Caucasian and some also Hispanic, and its never bothered me. I don't understand why this website is so themed to "I can only live in a place that has people of my race", it seems borderline segregationist and racist, in my opinion.
Not trying to be rude or anything, but this just doesn't make any sense why 1,000 people less is a bad thing for Houston. Houston's a place where people of any race can live successfully, as a resident of the area, that's all I care about.
UM! Because maybe, I get tired of hearing stories about how ignorant we are or who have we shot or robbed. For blacks to be considering a place like Houston shows me that we are doing much better than what society says about us! That's that!
I know DANNY! He posted 16.8%, which is 999,000. I read from Houston's newspaper website that it is 17.3% which is over 1 million.
You are welcome to check my numbers yourself...I suspect the newspaper got it wrong. (edit: could you provide a link to the source that says 17.3%? I am curious about how they arrived at that figure.)
Here is the county-by-county breakdown for the Houston MSA's black population. You can verify my numbers at the following links (the data is compiled from the second link using the USCB's custom table feature and extracted into Excel):
Databases - Census 2010 in Texas - chron.com - Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/databases/census2010texas-results.html - broken link) American FactFinder
For the black population:
Harris County
2010: 754,258
2000: 619,694
Fort Bend County
2010: 123,267
2000: 69,579
Montgomery County
2010: 18,573
2000: 10,076
Brazoria County
2010: 36,880
2000: 20,183
Galveston County
2010: 39,229
2000: 38,179
Liberty County
2010: 8,074
2000: 8,952
Chambers County
2010: 2,817
2000: 2,525
Waller County
2010: 10,537
2000: 9,496
Austin County
2010: 2,622
2000: 2,475
San Jacinto County
2010: 2,662
2000: 2,796
Total Houston MSA black population:
2010: 998,919
2000: 783,955
total change = 214,964
percent of population in 2010 = 998,919/5,946,800 = 16.8%
percent of population in 2000 = 783,955/4,715,407 = 16.6%
Unfortunately since Wisconsin data is not available, I can't do a full analysis of the Chicago data. But, here it is, minus Kenosha County, WI.
Chicago MSA (minus Kenosha County, WI): pop. 9,294,679
Total change: 345,940
White: -195,615 (54.6% down from 58.9%)
Hispanic: 453,542 (20.8% up from 16.6%)
Asian: 137,691 (5.6% up from 4.3%)
Black: -81,043 (17.2% down from 18.8%)
Two or more: -70,119 (1.4% up from 2.2%)
Actually it looks like the data posted is correct based on the 2010 census. I calculated DFW's on the new data and it came up almost the same (the only difference was I had the White population just under 50% and the Hispanic population a little higher, but that could be bad math on my part). I used the following link:
Databases - Census 2010 in Texas - chron.com - Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/databases/Census2010Texas.html - broken link)
The 2010 census hasn't even released the official demographic results (otherwise, we'd see a thread on it already), so how would Brookings (which is NOTORIOUS for being too secondary source heavy) have access to this information before our own government? And how would the Houston Chronicle have the official US census demographic results yet before the US census even analyzed it?
I mean, this is a good tool for now, but again, its all conjecture.
I know DANNY! He posted 16.8%, which is 999,000. I read from Houston's newspaper website that it is 17.3% which is over 1 million.
I just realized what may be causing the discrepancy: I am using the "black alone" population in my count (just as with the other races--Asian alone, white alone, etc.). If you use the "black in combination with other races" the overall black number is over 1 million. Just for Harris County:
2010, black (and any other race): 775,492
2010, black alone: 754,258
However, using these numbers is, in my opinion, a bit misleading. The "white" percentage in Harris County would then be over 58% using those numbers.
The 2010 census hasn't even released the official demographic results (otherwise, we'd see a thread on it already), so how would Brookings (which is NOTORIOUS for being too secondary source heavy) have access to this information before our own government? And how would the Houston Chronicle have the official US census demographic results yet before the US census even analyzed it?
I mean, this is a good tool for now, but again, its all conjecture.
The numbers I have are straight from the Census Bureau, not from the Houston Chronicle and definitely not from Brookings (I couldn't get anything but Texas data from the Chronicle, anyway). I simply provide those references for those who are interested. The Brookings website was mentioned to provide a comparison between official 2010 data and 2009 estimates. Let me reiterate--none of my data comes from their site.
These numbers are not "conjecture," and I'm not sure at all why you think they might be. The only problem here might be my own errors (i.e., retyping numbers to this website or not using the current MSA definitions). You can find any of this information yourself by going to the Census Bureau's website.
Baltimore MSA: pop. 2,710,489
Total change 2000-2010: 157,495
White: -66,652 (60.0% down from 66.3%)
Hispanic: 72,425 (4.6% up from 2.0%)
Asian: 53,280 (4.5% up from 2.7%)
Black: 69,679 (28.4% up from 27.4%)
Two or more: 17,573 (2.1% up from 1.5%)
Salt Lake City MSA: pop. 1,124,197
Total change: 155,339
White: 53,769 (74.9% down from 81.4%)
Hispanic: 73,459 (16.6% up from 11.7%)
Asian: 10,281 (3.0% up from 2.5%)
Black: 5,016 (1.3% up from 1.0%)
Two or more: -3,460 (1.9% up from 2.5%)
Indianapolis MSA: pop. 1,756,241
Total change: 231,137
White: 81,074 (74.6% down from 80.6%)
Hispanic: 66,715 (6.2% up from 2.7%)
Asian: 19,755 (2.2% up from 1.3%)
Black: 45,866 (14.8% up from 14.1%)
Two or more: 11,497 (1.8% up from 1.3%)
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