Demographic differences within MSA/CSA's (compare, places, America, metropolitan)

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

I was going through some data between different Metropolitan divisions and some of it surprised me a bit. I thought I would share with you guys and see what you thought. Its surprising that places can be so close but be demographically very different (yet some are identical). For the sake of comparisons, I am only going to compare places that have two or more distinct metropolitan divisions (like The Bay Area, Los Angeles, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, and Washington/Baltimore) that can somewhat stand out. For the record I am not trying to prove a point, I just thought the data would be fun to see and compare.


Los Angeles/Orange County/San Bernadino/Riverside:

Los Angeles-Long Beack-Glendale:

Hispanic: 47.7%
White: 28.7%
Asian: 12.8%
Black: 8.5%

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine:

White: 46.0%
Hispanic: 33.8%
Asian: 16.1%
Black: 1.6%

Riverside/San Bernadino/Ontario:

Hispanic: 45.7%
White: 38.8%
Black: 7.0%
Asian: 5.6%


San Francisco/San Jose:

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont:

White: 45.2%
Asian: 21.8%
Hispanic: 20.4%
Black: 8.2%

San Jose-Santa Clara:

White: 37.7%
Asian: 29.7%
Hispanic: 26.8%
Black: 2.4%


Dallas/Fort Worth:

Dallas-Plano-Irving:

White: 48.9%
Hispanic: 29.1%
Black: 14.7%
Asian: 5.5%

Fort Worth-Arlington:

White: 58.1%
Hispanic: 24.2%
Black: 11.8%
Asian: 3.6%


Miami/Fort Lauderdale/West Palm Beach:

Miami-Kendall-Miami Beach:

Hispanic: 62.4%
Black: 17.7%
White:17.6%
Asian: 1.4%

Fort Lauderdale-Pampano Beach:

White: 47.0%
Hispanic: 24.0%
Black: 23.9%
Asian: 2.9%

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton:

White: 63.0%
Hispanic: 17.8%
Black: 16.4%
Asian: 2.3%


Washington/Baltimore:

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria:

White: 51.1%
Black: 25.4%
Hispanic: 12.3%
Asian: 8.5%

Baltimore-Towson:

White: 62.4%
Black: 28.4%
Asian: 3.8%
Hispanic: 3.3%

[rainrock]

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington- 2000 census

White- 70.2%
Black-20.4%
Hispanic- 5%
Asian- 3.8 %

[HtownLove]

^^^ I think you missed the point of the OP. he is commenting on how areas that are really close in proximity but different in demographics.


what are you comparing in that post?

[Chicagoland60426]

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet division

White- 53.6%
Hispanic- 20.8%
Black- 18.4%
Asian- 5.6%

Lake County,IL-Kenosha WI division

White- 69%
Hispanic-17.8%
Black-6.2%
Asian- 5%

Gary, IN division

White- 66.7%
Black- 18.3%
Hispanic- 12.3%
Asian- 1.1%


Chicagoland overall MSA

White- 56%
Hispanic- 19.9%
Black- 17.3%
Asian- 5.2%

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Chicagoland60426

Gary, IN division

White- 66.7%
Black- 18.3%
Hispanic- 12.3%
Asian- 1.1%

wow, I was always under the impression that Gary had a larger black population

[Thomas R.]

Detroit area subdivisions

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Division
50.2% White, not Hispanic
40.8% Black
2.4% Asian

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Division
83.6% White, not Hispanic
8.2% Black
3.8% Asian

NYC area subdivisions

Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Division
72.2% White, not Hispanic
9% Black
5.1% Asian

New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metro Division
41.2% White, not Hispanic
21.1% Black
10.9% Asian

I can't seem to find Hispanic in the American Community Survey

[rah]

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont MSA:

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City Metropolitan Division (pop. 1,748,891):

White - 49.6%
Black - 4.6%
Asian - 24.5%
Hispanic - 17.6%
Native American/Alaskan - 0.2%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 0.8%
other - 0.4%
two or more races - 2.4%

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward Metropolitan Division (pop. 2,473,865):

White - 42.9%
Black - 11.1%
Asian - 19.8%
Hispanic - 21.8%
Native American/Alaskan - 0.3%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 0.6%
other - 0.6%
two or more races - 2.9%

the population figures are a little low, as its from the 2008 american community survey/census estimate.

[HtownLove]

Even City Data lists Gary as 84% black:


Black alone - 85,704 (83.4%)
White alone - 10,338 (10.1%)
Hispanic - 5,065 (4.9%)
Two or more races - 1,215 (1.2%)
American alone - 162 (0.2%)
Asian alone - 123 (0.1%)
Other race alone - 124 (0.1%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 15 (0.01%)

[DANNYY]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

Even City Data lists Gary as 84% black:

Haha, Gary, Indiana itself (the city) might be. But the Gary, Indiana division of the metropolitan area is a different demographic as there are other cities and towns too.

I was like whaaaat when I first saw it too.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Awesome Danny

Haha, Gary, Indiana itself (the city) might be. But the Gary, Indiana division of the metropolitan area is a different demographic as there are other cities and towns too.

I was like whaaaat when I first saw it too.

oh cool. Thanks for clearing that up