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Over 1 million is Chicago IMO, though NYC in parts of the Bronx and Brooklyn are actually really segregated too. Manhattan doesn't feel like it because there's so many people living in it, so it's a bit different (even though pats of Manhattan are pretty damn segregated too but it's different than most places). If you were going to go down to 500K, then Milwaukee is actually usually ranked #1.
There are few, if any parts of The Bronx that are over 90% of one race. Most neighborhoods have a mix of at least two racial groups (even if we pretend Hispanic counts as one race).
Eastern Brooklyn does have some sections that are over 90% black, though.
There are few, if any parts of The Bronx that are over 90% of one race. Most neighborhoods have a mix of at least two racial groups (even if we pretend Hispanic counts as one race).
Eastern Brooklyn does have some sections that are over 90% black, though.
At least as of a few years ago, there were 272,490 people in NYC living in census tracts that were 90+% Black.
Brooklyn: 197,594 people
Queens: 74,679 people
Manhattan: 161 people
Bronx: 56 people
Staten Island: 0 people
For 90+% White areas, NYC has a total of 488,532 people living in those areas.
Brooklyn: 192,796 people
Staten Island: 158,852 people
Manhattan: 66,475 people
Bronx: 6131 people
I was curious about this whole white thing. 488,532 people is 5.85% of the population from the year this site has for NYC. I looked it up for Chicago for 90+% white tracts and there's 153,451 people in Chicago living in 90+% white tracts, or 5.66%. Both cities are very similar in this by percentage (NYC by about 0.20% but that's not a lot). Black percentage in Chicago will be way higher of course which is definitely where Chicago is worse (Asian for both NYC and Chicago are about the same - Chicago has more Hispanic than NYC in these types of tracts as well).
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At least as of a few years ago, there were 272,490 people in NYC living in census tracts that were 90+% Black.
Brooklyn: 197,594 people
Queens: 74,679 people
Manhattan: 161 people
Bronx: 56 people
Staten Island: 0 people
For 90+% White areas, NYC has a total of 488,532 people living in those areas.
Brooklyn: 192,796 people
Staten Island: 158,852 people
Manhattan: 66,475 people
Bronx: 6131 people
I was curious about this whole white thing. 488,532 people is 5.85% of the population from the year this site has for NYC. I looked it up for Chicago for 90+% white tracts and there's 153,451 people in Chicago living in 90+% white tracts, or 5.66%. Both cities are very similar in this by percentage (NYC by about 0.20% but that's not a lot). Black percentage in Chicago will be way higher of course which is definitely where Chicago is worse (Asian for both NYC and Chicago are about the same - Chicago has more Hispanic than NYC in these types of tracts as well).
Interesting that The Bronx is so low. I guess Hispanics have moved to every single Bronx neighborhood, unlike parts of Eastern Brooklyn and Southeast Queens which seem to be overwhelmingly.black with few others.
I bet Wakefield and Williamsbridge have gotten considerably more Hispanic over the last 10 years.
I'm also surprised Brooklyn has that many white tracts like that, I wonder if it's from the yuppie neighborhoods or the Eastern European ones. The latter all seem to have sizable Chinese and Mexican populations.
And NYC doesn't have any extremely Hispanic neighborhoods come to think of it, except for maybe Corona. They usually have some degree of mixture.
I think Philly would have been more competitive than the other cities you listed, so I'm not sure why you didn't list it. I agree that especially in Center City, University City, South Philly and Fishtown/No.Libs/Poplar/Fairmount/Brewerytown (I am talking about the more gentrified/gentrifying part of North Philly here), it is quite unsegregated. However, there are still plenty of parts of North Philly, Southwest Philly and West Philly past around 50th where it is almost uniformly Black (or in parts of North Philly, Latino).
I don't think it's as stark as Chicago, but I think Philly would be a more competitive city than say Dallas or Phoenix.
I think Philly would have been more competitive than the other cities you listed, so I'm not sure why you didn't list it. I agree that especially in Center City, University City, South Philly and Fishtown/No.Libs/Poplar/Fairmount/Brewerytown (I am talking about the more gentrified/gentrifying part of North Philly here), it is quite unsegregated. However, there are still plenty of parts of North Philly, Southwest Philly and West Philly past around 50th where it is almost uniformly Black (or in parts of North Philly, Latino).
I don't think it's as stark as Chicago, but I think Philly would be a more competitive city than say Dallas or Phoenix.
Sorry but I don't think Dallas considers Philly one of its primary competitors. They think of Chicago and Atlanta.
As much as it pains me to say this, it's definitely Chicago. I feel like this contributes to the huge crime issue as well. One part of the city is thriving while the other is forgotten and left to rot.
Chicago is so segregated that majority black neighborhoods rarely even experience gentrification. They did a study on this a year or two ago.
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