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Hartford, Connecticut:
17.8% White
38.1% Black
40.5% Hispanic
1.6% Asian
And if your reading this and saying "No way, that can't be true", I got this data straight from the census bureau.
I'm just wondering why some people say that Washington D.C. is so diverse.
It's 60% black, 27.8% white, 7.9% hispanic, and only 2.7% asian. Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't seem all that diverse to me.
Based on facts from the U.S. Census Bureau, the most diverse cities in my opinion are:
Oakland, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Houston, TX
Chicago, IL
Dallas, TX
Sacramento, CA
New York, NY
San Jose, CA
I'm just wondering why some people say that Washington D.C. is so diverse.
It's 60% black, 27.8% white, 7.9% hispanic, and only 2.7% asian. Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't seem all that diverse to me.
thats not including the metro area which gives people the wrong impression..
same with SF and the guy's claim that Houston is more diverse....hes excluding the rest of the Bay Area which in my opinion is the most diverse region in the U.S WITHOUT anyone really caring...its not like a big deal to people in the Bay to say "My dry cleaner is Korean, taxi driver is Indian, and hey look at that Russian buying ethnic food in the store !!" diversity is just a way of life as opposed to places like NYC and Chic where they have "ethnic enclaves" and supposedly brag about different cultures as if its such a big deal, lol
I'm just wondering why some people say that Washington D.C. is so diverse.
It's 60% black, 27.8% white, 7.9% hispanic, and only 2.7% asian. Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't seem all that diverse to me.
The city proper of Washington D.C. is small (some 60 odd square miles, much like St. Louis), with a population of almost 600,000 people.
The metropolitan area of Washington D.C. has nearly 5.5 million people.
Most of the people that you see walking around D.C. actually live in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs, and all travel into the city each day for work and leisure.
So while the city itself may not seem to be that diverse by solely looking at city population numbers (hence the nickname "The Chocolate City"), that is certainly not the case while you are walking around.
I'm not sure, but I think the 2008 Census estimates have the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area as 50% White, 26% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 3% Other?
And a place can be known as ethnically diverse as opposed to just racially diverse, with many immigrants from many different nations but who may be in the same racial class (as opposed to the majority being from one nation like Mexico, or Cuba, or China, etc.)
City proper numbers and statistics are usually not accurate in describing or comparing most metropolitan areas.
DC is pretty segregated. While living there I worked with people of all different races and ethnicities, but many neighborhoods are still divided along racial lines.
The most diverse place I have ever lived is LA, although the Bay Area is very diverse, too. Both cities seemed far more diverse than DC, although that's not to say that DC doesn't also offer more diversity than many places.
after moving from Los Angeles to Chicago I learned the difference between diversity and integration and the significance of that difference. Chicago may be diverse, but the segregation is shocking.
DC is pretty segregated. While living there I worked with people of all different races and ethnicities, but many neighborhoods are still divided along racial lines.
The most diverse place I have ever lived is LA, although the Bay Area is very diverse, too. Both cities seemed far more diverse than DC, although that's not to say that DC doesn't also offer more diversity than many places.
Lets just note that diversity and segregation/Integration are not the same thing
As for surprisingly diverse cities, Lansing, Michigan has a decent Vietnamese community and a good sized Hispanic community that is mainly Mexican. Same with Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, which also has a relatively noticable Native American community.
As far as Upstate NY, Geneva with it's good sized Black and Hispanic(mainly Puerto Rican) communities in a small city of 14,000. Small towns in nearby Wayne County like Lyons, Sodus, Clyde and Newark are also like that as well.
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