is there a 98 % white caucasian city (live in, areas, Chinatown)

[breakaway]

If you live in a city with 98% white people, how do they treat minorities?
Do they tend to be more racist because they're not used to them, or are they less racist because they don't think about the negative stereotypes of race?

[dullnboring]

Originally Posted by Plains10

The demographics of Maine indicate that 97% of the population is white. In almost every county except Washington it is over 95% white.
Therefore you can assume that almost any town in the state for the most part will be 95-100% white.

Ditto for Vermont. Maine and Vermont both are around 97% white and both states year after year jockey for being the whitest state in the country, but really only a few decimal points separates the two so it's not a massive difference (I believe at the moment, Vermont is the whitest by a smidge). Even in their largest and most diverse cities of Burlington and Portland, the population is still upwards of 90% white.

[brokencrayola]

A lot of the northwest is like that. Many many towns and cities in WA., Ore. Idaho, Utah and Montana are that way.

[frenchie]

http://www.city-data.com/city/Atlanta-Georgia.html
61 % black

los angeles 46 %
http://www.city-data.com/city/Los-An...alifornia.html

Originally Posted by dullnboring

Major cities, no. Smaller cities, not quite. Smaller towns, yes.

The whitest major city (500,000+ population) is Portland which is approximately 75% white. There are several sizable cities (100,000+) such as Spokane, Boise, Sioux Falls, Billings, Lincoln, Manchester and Detroit's large suburban cities that hover somewhere around the 85-90% range. There are plenty of small towns across the country however that are 98% white. It's actually the norm in northern New England and the upper Plains outside of a handful of smaller cities.

The most Chinese city in the U.S. is Monterey Park, California in the San Gabriel Valley which at the time of the 2000 Census was 41% Chinese (and 62% Asian as a whole, one of only a handful of majority-Asian cities on the U.S. mainland). Many of the cities in the San Gabriel Valley such as Alhambra and Rosemead have very large Chinese populations, where 1/3 or more of the city is Chinese.

And for the record, as of the most recent findings in 2005, Atlanta is 59% black (not 80%) and the city of Los Angeles is 49% Latino as opposed to 70%.

[gizmo980]

Daly City, just outside of San Francisco, is about 50% Asian... but that includes a variety of nationalities - mostly Filipino, but also Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, and so forth. http://www.city-data.com/city/Daly-City-California.html
As for a "White city"? Like other posters said, there are tons of them across the country, but just not many big cities... and actually, that's one reason I love living in them.

[SeattlitefromNC]

Originally Posted by breakaway

If you live in a city with 98% white people, how do they treat minorities?
Do they tend to be more racist because they're not used to them, or are they less racist because they don't think about the negative stereotypes of race?

I've seen both.

The answer depends on the people involved and whether they feel threatened by outsiders, in general.

Let me just state, though, that most people are generally welcoming and may have a passing curiosity, if anything.

[KewGee]

Click on the link below to find maps of ethnicities in the U.S. The link will lead you to the AA one but on the left-hand side of the page, you can view serveral other maps. Then click on the states to get detailed information.

I hope this helps you a bit.

CensusScope -- Demographic Maps: African-American Population

[dutch10]

Originally Posted by SpeedyAZ

Boston seems pretty white to me along with Providence, RI and Maine. Basically the Northeast part of the country will have the largest %'s of whites (excluding NYC) while the South will have the largest %'s of blacks and the West having the largest %'s of Hispanics.

I'll assume you haven't been to Providence in a while.. Providence is well under 50% white at this point in time. It breaks down like this, the East Side is probably 98% white and the rest of the city is about 15% white. My city, Warwick (pop. 85,000) is a few miles south of Providence and it's population is 95% white. Most of Providence has become a haven for those who make a living collecting that government cheese and most of them are Spanish and Black.

[decafdave]

Not many large cities have huge white majorities but any statistic about cities is misleading. Alot of urban areas are majority white-even Atlanta but probably not LA. Too found out exacts search county demographics.

[dullnboring]

Originally Posted by frenchie

http://www.city-data.com/city/Atlanta-Georgia.html
61 % black

los angeles 46 %
http://www.city-data.com/city/Los-An...alifornia.html

Yes, the ethnic/racial data on the site is from the 2000 Census.

The American Factfinder website (where I got my Atlanta and Los Angeles data), which is run by the U.S. Census Bureau released figures not too long ago that were updated for 2005, including various demographic data for states, counties, metro areas, and for cities with a population of 65,000 or greater.

American FactFinder

Simply type in the city, county or state and you'll see figures from 2000 and 2005 if available. For a more detailed breakdown, you can go here:

American FactFinder

Click the drop-down box and it will enable you to find details for metropolitan areas as well.