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...But if a suburb of Washington DC can be included because it is a "notable" exception, then surely the anchor city of a metro area of an area over 1 million people could be included. I believe Birmingham is over 70% black which is blacker than every city on that list except Detroit.
But really, these lists aren't all that meaningful due to the differences in how cities annex land.
...But if a suburb of Washington DC can be included because it is a "notable" exception, then surely the anchor city of a metro area of an area over 1 million people could be included. I believe Birmingham is over 70% black which is blacker than every city on that list except Detroit.
But really, these lists aren't all that meaningful due to the differences in how cities annex land.
It is due to the criteria of cities around 300,000 people and up.
There are definitely cities with large Hispanic populations on the least Black list, like El Paso and ABQ, but San Antonio was still a surprise.
Actually, ALL the cities (except Portland - the only white majority city on there) on the LEAST list are notable for either their large Hispanic or large Asian populace or both. They are also all Southwestern/Western cities, with the exception of San Antonio, as I'm not sure if that counts as Southern or Southwestern.
Numbers 1 and 2 on the list are both in Orange County (where I live), south of Los Angeles County in California. Both have large Mexican/Hispanic populations, Santa Ana at 78.2% (2010 Census) and Anaheim at 52.8% (2010 Census). What's interesting, from my perspective, is that Anaheim has one of the highest percentages of black folks in the county at 2.8%. The county as a whole has a 1.7% (2010 Census) black/AA population, with most cities being below 1%. So I'm assuming that the list must be composed of cities/metros with populations of 300k+, since Santa Ana and Anaheim are the only two that meet that criteria.
Having that said, OC is actually one of the most diverse places anywhere in the States, with only a few places such as NYC, LA county and Houston surpassing the diversity of the county, which falls a notch due to a lacking African presence.
What's crazy is that next door Long Beach (the LBC), a city of around 470k (2013 estimate) has like 12k more black/African folks than our entire county of 3 million + people. I know OC has a history of a conservative county, but it hasn't kept any other group of people from moving in here in large numbers. Not even Muslims, of which we have a good number due to a strong Arab community in Anaheim, and a Persian community in south O.C.
Cincinnati may be one of the blackest cities, but its the single most white metro area of those that are large.
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I know OC has a history of a conservative county, but it hasn't kept any other group of people from moving in here in large numbers. Not even Muslims, of which we have a good number due to a strong Arab community in Anaheim, and a Persian community in south O.C.
