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1 New York City 3,246,576
2 Atlanta 1,657,619
3 Chicago 1,540,470
4 Los Angeles 1,245,039
5 Washington, DC 1,024,353
While I understand that L.A. has been losing lots of African-Americans to the Third Great Migration back to locations in the South, 1.2 million people isn't exactly small. To put it another way, more black people live in Los Angeles than every other city in this country that isn't named New York City, Atlanta or Chicago.
Furthermore, this is a thread (or at least it should have been) about which cities have contributed the most to African-American history and culture. Los Angeles can not be left out that discussion due to it having one of the first sizable populations of middle class and affluent black people, the music and film industry, and it's place in American pop culture.
While true, size isn't always everything particularly from a historical stand point. Boston was one of the epicenters of free Blacks in colonial and early America, focal point for the Abolitionist movement, and lest we forget the first American to give his life for the Revolution and our Republic was the martyr Crispus Attucks: A Bostonian.
Actually for recent statistics; It stated that Los Angeles was now under 1 million.
Actually for recent statistics; It stated that Los Angeles was now under 1 million.
If you count biracial/multiracial individuals that consider themselves Black, the figure is barely above 1 million (1,000,546 to be exact) for the Los Angeles MSA. But for Blacks of one race, the figure is indeed below 1 million, standing at 895,931. This is according to the 2009 estimates from the American Community Survey.
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If you count biracial/multiracial individuals that consider themselves Black, the figure is barely above 1 million (1,000,546 to be exact) for the Los Angeles MSA. But for Blacks of one race, the figure is indeed below 1 million, standing at 895,931. This is according to the 2009 estimates from the American Community Survey.
And for the CSA, from whence the numbers I cited came, Los Angeles is at 1.3 million per the Census Bureau for the 2009 estimate:
1 New York City 3,246,576
2 Atlanta 1,657,619
3 Chicago 1,540,470
4 Los Angeles 1,245,039
5 Washington, DC 1,024,353
While I understand that L.A. has been losing lots of African-Americans to the Third Great Migration back to locations in the South, 1.2 million people isn't exactly small. To put it another way, more black people live in Los Angeles than every other city in this country that isn't named New York City, Atlanta or Chicago.
Furthermore, this is a thread (or at least it should have been) about which cities have contributed the most to African-American history and culture. Los Angeles can not be left out that discussion due to it having one of the first sizable populations of middle class and affluent black people, the music and film industry, and it's place in American pop culture.
While true, size isn't always everything particularly from a historical stand point. Boston was one of the epicenters of free Blacks in colonial and early America, focal point for the Abolitionist movement, and lest we forget the first American to give his life for the Revolution and our Republic was the martyr Crispus Attucks: A Bostonian.
I could've sworn washington's numbers were higher. I know chicago's and Atlanta's are closer to 1.8 million tho
That Washington number is off by about 400,000-500,000 people.
That link shows Texas and Florida almost tied for numbers of blacks per state. I wonder how these numbers have changed 3 years later.
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