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I'm curious as to weather this number would include the Haitian and Cape Verdean populations.
That is interesting, I would think yes since it seemed like a lot of the black people in Boston are from those areas.
Not surprised Boston is number one, and from what I have seen/read on these threads, not particularly surprised about Seattle either. It's the west coast - even the homogeneous cities have decent representation of races.
I'm curious as to weather this number would include the Haitian and Cape Verdean populations.
Yes, I'm sure it does and both groups make up a large portion of the Black population in the Boston area. Quite a few Jamaicans, Bajans and even those with roots in the Canadian Maritimes.
Yes, I'm sure it does and both groups make up a large portion of the Black population in the Boston area. Quite a few Jamaicans, Bajans and even those with roots in the Canadian Maritimes.
But do these groups consider themselves "African American"? Perhaps they are as far as census numbers are concerned?
Back to the thread, there is no guess work needed, here are the African-American populations of all three metropolitan areas in order:
1. Boston - 337,751 (Ranked 21st among metros)
2. Seattle - 234,477 (Ranked 39th among metros)
3. Denver - 156,360 (Ranked 43rd among metros)
I must admit, I am surprised by the size of Seattle's black population. I had always assumed it was much lower than that.
Tacoma, Kent, Lakewood and Renton have higher percentages of blacks than Seattle itself in the metro area along with Bryn Mawr-Skyway just to the south of Seattle which is a census designated place but is about 30% black.
I think in the Denver metro, actually the largest suburb of Aurora has a higher percentage than Denver these days as well...
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I'm curious as to weather this number would include the Haitian and Cape Verdean populations.
According to the Census Bureau, unless you are Latino, all black folks regardless of their origin are counted as one unit as African-American. So that number 337,751 for Boston would be inclusive of those who are descendant of slaves as well as those who recently immigrated here from Africa and the Caribbean.
As for these two groups in particular, they're community size for Boston are as follows:
According to the Census Bureau, unless you are Latino, all black folks regardless of their origin are counted as one unit as African-American. So that number 337,751 for Boston would be inclusive of those who are descendant of slaves as well as those who recently immigrated here from Africa and the Caribbean.
Makes sense from a census perspective. Thanks.
Side note, in HS I was friends with a kid whose parents were from South Africa. He was white, yet refered to himself as African American. Endless gray areas when attempting to break down race/nationalities.
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