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This thread is to look at the demographics of the core counties of the many metro areas out there. This is mainly targeted at those metro areas where the majority of the land in question is farmland, ranchland, or just small towns that are disconected from the urban/suburban part of the metro. Ill be intersted to see the responses. I wont be doing all the metro areas simply because I think others from those metro areas will be more qualified to determine what the core counties area. Ill start with mine:
Dallas/Fort Worth core counties:
Dallas
Tarrant
Collin
Denton
Land area of DFW's core counties: 3,469 square miles
Oh thanks. Then I guess Harris and Fort Bend should suffice in terms of where the op is heading
I would think (and maybe incorrectly) that Montgomery County would qualify because of the amount of growth on the Harris/Montgomery line and the amount of commuters from Conroe to Houston. I would think the core of the Houston area is Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery.
If you isolated the populations of those three counties, what would the demographics be? That's sort of the idea of the thread.
I would think (and maybe incorrectly) that Montgomery County would qualify because of the amount of growth on the Harris/Montgomery line and the amount of commuters from Conroe to Houston. I would think the core of the Houston area is Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery.
If you isolated the populations of those three counties, what would the demographics be? That's sort of the idea of the thread.
The combined results didn't change much because Harris is so dominant in the metro.
White 33% or about 1.7 million
Black 20% or about 1.1 million
Native American 1.2% or about 50k
Asian 8% or about 425K
Hispanic 37% or about 1.85 million
The rest of the metro is less diverse.
Anyway, the numbers don't add up to 100% so the numbers might be slightly off.
Just divided the counties by their respective racial percentage then added the numbers of the races from different counties, then added the totals and found the percentage of each race from that total
The 7 county Twin Cities area: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington counties.
~2,975 total sq mi
~2,919,177 people (2012 estimates)
Anoka:
336,414 people
85.1% White
4.5% Black
4% Asian
3.8% Hispanic
Carver:
93,707 people
90.3% White
1.4% Black
2.8% Asian
4% Hispanic
Dakota:
405,088 people
82.1% White
4.9% Black
4.6% Asian
6.1% Hispanic
Hennepin:
1,184,576 people
71.6% White
12% Black
6.5% Asian
6.9% Hispanic
Ramsey:
520,152 people
66.8% White
11.2% Black
12% Asian
7.2% Hispanic
Scott:
135,152 people
84.3% White
2.8% Black
5.9% Asian
4.6% Hispanic
Washington:
244,088 people
85.5% White
3.8% Black
5.1% Asian
3.5% Hispanic
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