Which group of transplants are more common in Atlanta: Northeasterners or Deep Southerners(outside Georgia)?

[Huntsville_secede]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

I'm speaking mostly from a white perspective, I guess. Most of the black people I know either grew up pretty close to here or came from larger cities up north. I haven't met many that come from other areas of the south, though I'm sure they're around.

Not true there's a large number of black people from the South that end up here after college from HBCUs and other universities.

[ATLTJL]

I'm sure you're right. My sample size is not statistically significant.

[Otakumaster]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

I've never heard anybody get excited for Bham. What I hear a lot more is, "I wasn't really super excited about moving to Birmingham, but it actually turned out to be a great place."

People do seem to get really excited about Nashville, though.

I'm speaking mostly from a white perspective, I guess. Most of the black people I know either grew up pretty close to here or came from larger cities up north. I haven't met many that come from other areas of the south, though I'm sure they're around.

Ok, you are correct me on Bham because that is absolutely true (for white people). Once they actually go if they aren’t from there they think it’s awesome lol.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

I'm speaking mostly from a white perspective, I guess. Most of the black people I know either grew up pretty close to here or came from larger cities up north. I haven't met many that come from other areas of the south, though I'm sure they're around.

Most of the Black people I knew while living in Atlanta and still know were either from other Southern states or large metros outside of the South. Several were native Georgians too but they were outnumbered by folks from elsewhere.

[oldschoolChevy]

Originally Posted by bellhead

Based upon my interactions,

Atlanta Natives & midwestern people are the two most numerous groups. Ohio probably makes up 10% of the Atlanta general population.

Well as far as Black people in ATL Metro go there is a very strong Georgia-Ohio/Michigan connection, it's not uncommon to meet someone who is from here and has kinfolk from Cleveland or Detroit, or someone from somewhere like Cincinnati who has kinfolk from down here. During the Great Migration, that area of the north/midwest was the destination that a lot of Black folks who left this part of the south ended up in. Back then they just caught the train due north, and most train lines from here ended up in that particular area. Like the famous soul group the Isley Brothers, they were from Cleveland, but their parents were from the Westside of Atlanta. On the GA end take James Brown, he did a lot of his early recordings in Cincinnati, because when he was an unknown trying to just get studio time to record, he had more family connections up that way actually than he did right here in Georgia. Same way that most American Blacks in places like DC, NYC, and Philly have ancestors from the Carolinas, same with Chicago, most of their kinfolks came from Memphis, NO, and other places in and around the Mississippi Delta, and most Black folks in Cali had their kinfolks come from Texas.

[seussie]

Most of the black folk I've met are from all over, but mostly California and New York; most of the white people I've met are from the New England area; most of the Asian population I've met is from metro Atlanta.

[Citykid3785]

my neighborhood seems to be 50/50.

[PTC Dad]

Originally Posted by oldschoolChevy

Well as far as Black people in ATL Metro go there is a very strong Georgia-Ohio/Michigan connection, it's not uncommon to meet someone who is from here and has kinfolk from Cleveland or Detroit, or someone from somewhere like Cincinnati who has kinfolk from down here. During the Great Migration, that area of the north/midwest was the destination that a lot of Black folks who left this part of the south ended up in. Back then they just caught the train due north, and most train lines from here ended up in that particular area. Like the famous soul group the Isley Brothers, they were from Cleveland, but their parents were from the Westside of Atlanta. On the GA end take James Brown, he did a lot of his early recordings in Cincinnati, because when he was an unknown trying to just get studio time to record, he had more family connections up that way actually than he did right here in Georgia. Same way that most American Blacks in places like DC, NYC, and Philly have ancestors from the Carolinas, same with Chicago, most of their kinfolks came from Memphis, NO, and other places in and around the Mississippi Delta, and most Black folks in Cali had their kinfolks come from Texas.

No surprise here, but Atlanta has one of the largest African American transplant populations in the nation. There has been a net increase in the black population of over 1M since the 90's. In fact from 2000-2010, the metro area added about a million people. Over 50% of that net increase was from African Americans. In comparison, during that same period, the net white increase was just 33% of the total. The overall demographics of metro Atlanta have gone from 63% white in 2000 to 47% in 2017. In the same period, the African American population has grown from 28.9% to 33%. So since 2000, the majority of transplants in metro Atlanta have been African Americans. Now, you're just as likely to run into black transplants in the suburbs as white transplants, which is kind of cool. Few cities can attract this much diversity.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by oldschoolChevy

Well as far as Black people in ATL Metro go there is a very strong Georgia-Ohio/Michigan connection, it's not uncommon to meet someone who is from here and has kinfolk from Cleveland or Detroit, or someone from somewhere like Cincinnati who has kinfolk from down here. During the Great Migration, that area of the north/midwest was the destination that a lot of Black folks who left this part of the south ended up in. Back then they just caught the train due north, and most train lines from here ended up in that particular area. Like the famous soul group the Isley Brothers, they were from Cleveland, but their parents were from the Westside of Atlanta. On the GA end take James Brown, he did a lot of his early recordings in Cincinnati, because when he was an unknown trying to just get studio time to record, he had more family connections up that way actually than he did right here in Georgia. Same way that most American Blacks in places like DC, NYC, and Philly have ancestors from the Carolinas, same with Chicago, most of their kinfolks came from Memphis, NO, and other places in and around the Mississippi Delta, and most Black folks in Cali had their kinfolks come from Texas.

Yeah the way those train lines ran in the Great Migration era are a pretty strong predictor as to where Blacks in Northern and Western cities have roots in the South. A lot of Blacks out west also have roots in LA and AR.