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Immigrant Stock refers to all foreign born persons and their US-born children.
Chicago CMSA 2,263,000...26.0% of total CMSA Population
Houston CMSA 1,176,000...25.7% of total CMSA Population San Francisco CMSA 3,390,000...47.7% of total CMSA Population
Washington CMSA 1,462,000...20.1% of total CMSA Population
In 2000, Miami and LA were the only Metros over 50%, Greater NYC was 41%
So while the others by now are approaching 30%-The Bay Area is approaching 60%.
Meaning more than half of the Bay Area either is foreign born, lives in a household headed by a foreign born resident or they are grown adults whose parents were born in a foreign country.
thanks 18m...you always come through with the best stats. I knew I wasn't off my rocker.
You are definitely not off your rocker. LOL
Non Hispanic White Population, 2007 Alameda County 37% Contra Costa 50%
Marin 74%
Napa 59% San Francisco 45%
San Mateo 45%
Santa Clara 38%
Santa Cruz 62% Solano 44%
Sonoma 68%
Here is 2008's Update from the Census Bureau--I'm glad to see African Americans are moving in again.
San Francisco Bay Area by County
Non Hispanic White 3,371,083 45.8%
Marin 75.0%
Sonoma 68.2%
Santa Cruz 62.8%
Napa 59.3%
Contra Costa 50.7%
San Francisco 45.6%
San Mateo 45.3%
Solano 43.4%
San Benito 40.7%
Santa Clara 37.9%
Alameda 36.7%
Black 476,374 6.3%
Solano 14.4%
Alameda 12.5%
Contra Costa 9.1%
San Francisco 6.2%
Marin 2.8%
San Mateo 2.8%
Santa Clara 2.5%
Napa 1.8%
Santa Cruz 0.9%
San Benito 0.8%
Asian 1,571,607 21.3%
San Francisco 30.9%
Santa Clara 30.7%
Alameda 24.4%
San Mateo 23.7%
Solano 13.5%
Contra Costa 13.4%
Napa 5.9%
Marin 5.2%
Santa Cruz 3.8%
Sonoma 3.6%
San Benito 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino 1,715,078 23.3%
San Benito 53.7%
Napa 30.0%
Santa Cruz 29.2%
Santa Clara 25.9%
San Mateo 23.4%
Sonoma 23.1%
Contra Costa 22.8%
Solano 22.6%
Alameda 21.7%
Marin 14.1%
San Francisco 14.1%
Most Diverse Counties in America according to Claritas, 2000
1 Queens, N.Y. 2 Alameda, CA(Oakland)
3 Kings, N.Y.(Brooklyn)
4 Robeson, N.C.
5 Fort Bend, TX
6 Hudson, N.J.
7 New York, N.Y.
8 Harris, TX
9 Los Angeles, CA
10 Dallas, TX 11 San Francisco, CA
12 Solano, CA
13 Santa Clara, CA
14 Cook, IL
15 Essex, N.J.(Newark)
16 San Joaquin, CA
17 Bronx, N.Y. 18 San Mateo, CA
19 San Bernardino, CA
20 Fresno, CA
5 of the Top 20 are in The Bay Area and Alameda County ranks in between Queens and Brooklyn(for heavenssake)
Most Diverse Counties in America according to Claritas, 2000
1 Queens, N.Y. 2 Alameda, CA(Oakland)
3 Kings, N.Y.(Brooklyn)
4 Robeson, N.C.
5 Fort Bend, TX
6 Hudson, N.J.
7 New York, N.Y.
8 Harris, TX
9 Los Angeles, CA
10 Dallas, TX 11 San Francisco, CA
12 Solano, CA
13 Santa Clara, CA
14 Cook, IL
15 Essex, N.J.(Newark)
16 San Joaquin, CA
17 Bronx, N.Y. 18 San Mateo, CA
19 San Bernardino, CA
20 Fresno, CA
5 of the Top 20 are in The Bay Area and Alameda County ranks in between Queens and Brooklyn(for heavenssake)
Houston area not up there once ,but twice. Plus within the top 10, yet we only have mexicans.
Houston is way way up there in this ranking as well...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2001/04/01/MN34884.DTL&object=http%3A%2F%2Fimgs.sfgate.com%2F c%2Fpictures%2F2001%2F04%2F01%2Fmn_censusdiversity .jpg (broken link)http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2001/04/01/MN34884.DTL&o=0 (broken link)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2001/04/01/MN34884.DTL&object=http%3A%2F%2Fimgs.sfgate.com%2F c%2Fpictures%2F2001%2F04%2F01%2Fmn_censusdiversity .jpg (broken link)
Actually, I believe that Montclair, NJ is or was listed for being the best place for IR's. Columbia MD has been raked up there too.
I think a sleeper in terms of tolerance is Columbus Ohio due to having a relatively highly educated Black population in a city that is about 25% Black. They have a long time mayor that is Black, the superintendent of the school district is Black and even one of TV stations there were open to showing a Who's Who in "Black Columbus". Black people live all over the Columbus area and the fact it wasn't heavy into industrialization might also have something to do with this. It's also a city known for having it's share of interracial couples too.
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