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I don't think Houston's black population in those three counties is that high. I did the math. The white and Hispanic populations are similar to what I got.
What are you talking about? I said the rest of the counties are largely white, I never mentioned blacks.
Why are we leaving out Brazoria County? Aren't there a ton of people concentrated in Pearland that would qualify it as a core county?
Houston is harder to define because the counties are so big. I stuck with the counties that seem to be closer tied to Houston's core. Places like DFW and Atlanta are much better served with an excersize like this because the counties are geographically smaller and its much easier to define which counties are core to the area vs. which are simply in the MSA but contribute almost nothing.
The UA probably includes some areas outside the counties that were listed, and the counties that were listed probably have some areas that are not in the UA.
Another thing to note is that Metro Detroit's Arabic population is estimated between 200,000-00,000. If thats the case, Detroit's Arab population could be as high as 8%.
You should just do Hennepin and Ramsey, since they're the two counties with core cities in them. Anoka, Washington and Dakota are all less than 50% developed and it really skews the density stats (not saying MSP is dense). Even Hennepin isn't fully developed. The stats are still fairly embarrassing, and regardless of how much transformation there has been in the region since the 1990's it is still one of the least racially-diverse metros in the country!
You should just do Hennepin and Ramsey, since they're the two counties with core cities in them. Anoka, Washington and Dakota are all less than 50% developed and it really skews the density stats (not saying MSP is dense). Even Hennepin isn't fully developed. The stats are still fairly embarrassing, and regardless of how much transformation there has been in the region since the 1990's it is still one of the least racially-diverse metros in the country!
That may be, however Anoka and Dakota counties are still quite populated and contribute a large amount of commuters to the cores. Washington county could have gone either way.
Remember, not every county is going to be fully developed. Take my beloved DFW for example. Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, and Denton counties make up the core. This is despite the fact that Collin county is only 35-40% suburban/developed. Roughly 400 square miles of the county is ranch/farm land. Yet, because there are so many commuters and the county is so populated, it belongs with the rest. I feel (at the very least) Anoka and Dakota counties belong too.
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