Cities with the highest educated white population? (Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago)

[wildcat2009]

I am going by proportion of people lifeshadower

[BPerone201]

Originally Posted by Ben Around

It's not a matter of "preference". It's just a matter of who settled there and who didn't. And what does "suburban quality" have to do with race?

The topic wasn't clear so I was trying to figure out what kind of major city the person was looking for. I didn't know if the OP was looking for an urban place with a well educated decent white population- or - any kind of city with a predominately white population.

NYC, SF, and DC technically have the most well educated white populations, but they're fairly diverse cities as a whole- I didn't know if that was an issue with the OP. Was he/she looking for a predominately white city (regardless of what kind of "city" life they offer), or a place with a strong, well educated white population thriving with "city" life.

The whitest major cities in America tend to be very suburban in character. That's all I was getting at. I didn't say "cities can't be cities without non-whites"- you guys just misunderstood what I was getting at.

[clean_polo]

I always figure when someone mentions "which city has the most" or "which city has the highest population" etc. New York always comes to mind not to be biased but because New York basically has a mix of everyone, and well represented at that. Hense the city population of over 8 million.

[BacktoBlue]

San Diego. Scientists, doctors, and other intelligent college students graduate there every year. UCSD and SDSU are exceptional schools but UCSD is a lot more exceptional than SDSU

[Lifeshadower]

Originally Posted by wildcat2009

I am going by proportion of people lifeshadower

Alright. There you go. Here's how I'll organize the census data for you:

Metro areas (MSA's) over 2 million people with more than 70% of the population being Non-Hispanic White (United States by Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico - GCT0209. Percent of the Total Population Who Are White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino<BR>Universe: Total population)

Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 88.0%
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 83.1%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 81.6%
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metro Area: 78.3%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro Area: 77.8%
Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 77.0%
St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 76.4%
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metro Area: 73.3%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 72.1%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 70.5%

MSA's above 70% Non-Hispanic White with more than 2 million people by Bachelor Degree attainment (United States by Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico - GCT1502. Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree<BR>Universe: Population 25 years and over)

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro Area: 41.5%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 37.0%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 36.3%
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metro Area: 32.6%
Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 31.5%
St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 28.5%
Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 28.0%
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 27.8%
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metro Area: 26.6%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 25.5%

Hope that answers your question.

[kcee510]

Originally Posted by clean_polo

I always figure when someone mentions "which city has the most" or "which city has the highest population" etc. New York always comes to mind not to be biased but because New York basically has a mix of everyone, and well represented at that. Hense the city population of over 8 million.

Just because New York has 8 million people doesn't mean it's going to be on the top of every list, for instance New York doesn't even crack the top 20 for most educated cities (people holding college degrees)

[BPerone201]

Originally Posted by kcee510

Just because New York has 8 million people doesn't mean it's going to be on the top of every list, for instance New York doesn't even crack the top 20 for most educated cities (people holding college degrees)

New York's white population might.

[grapico]

Originally Posted by kcee510

Just because New York has 8 million people doesn't mean it's going to be on the top of every list, for instance New York doesn't even crack the top 20 for most educated cities (people holding college degrees)

are we talking most, or percentage. new york has a different make up than more provincial cities as the ones mentioned above.

[Thomas R.]

So wait were we meaning just raw number? I was thinking percentages was meant.

[grapico]

Originally Posted by Thomas R.

So wait were we meaning just raw number? I was thinking percentages was meant.

I personally like raw numbers... others like percentage (often to get an ego boost or paint their cities a certain way). Raw numbers show me what is actually there that you have access to. Having lots of something else too, that brings down the percentage isn't really a factor, it is actually a plus for me. This could be a negative for others.