2016 Black/African American Education Percentage By MSA (comparison, population, Atlanta) - City vs. City - City-Data Forum

marothisu · 10-08-2017, 04:48 PM

This is Black/African American Education Percentage by MSA for all MSAs of at least 1 million people (2016 estimates). This is measuring the percentage of people aged 25+ who have a bachelor's degree or higher who happen to be Black/African American. If there's an MSA left out of here that you want to know about, let me know.

Source: 2016 US Census American Community Survey, 1 Year
Table B15002B
https://factfinder.census.gov

2016 percentage:
1. San Jose: 39.27%
2. Washington DC: 34.26%
3. Raleigh, NC: 31.02%
4. Atlanta: 29.63%
5. Houston: 27.66%
6. San Antonio: 27.59%
7. Austin: 27.16%
8. Los Angeles: 26.43%
9. Denver: 26.32%
10. San Francisco: 26.14%
11. Nashville: 25.66%
12. Baltimore: 25.52%
13. Seattle: 25.25%
14. Portland: 25.21%
15. San Diego: 25.08%
16. New York: 24.96%
17. Boston: 24.7%
18. Dallas: 24.53%
19. Phoenix: 24.34%
20. Charlotte: 23.94%
21. Chicago: 22.42%
22. Sacramento: 22.39%
23. Providence: 22.34%
24. Oklahoma City: 22.14%
25. Tampa: 21.93%
26. Riverside, CA: 21.91%
27. Pittsburgh: 21.55%
28. Richmond, VA: 21.48%
29. Minneapolis: 21.31%
30. Tucson, AZ: 21.18%
31. Virginia Beach: 20.72%
32. Philadelphia: 20.67%
33. Columbus: 20.63%
34. Kansas City: 20.59%
35. Grand Rapids, MI: 20.32%
36. Orlando: 20.21%
37. Birmingham, AL: 20.08%
38. Jacksonville: 20.02%
39. Hartford, CT: 19.67%
40. St. Louis: 19.36%
41. Memphis: 18.93%
42. Miami: 18.81%
43. Las Vegas: 18.72%
44. Detroit: 17.73%
45. New Orleans: 17.72%
46. Indianapolis: 17.66%
47. Salt Lake City: 17.54%
48. Louisville: 16.29%
49. Cincinnati: 15.75%
50. Buffalo: 15.45%
51. Cleveland: 15.26%
52. Milwaukee: 14.85%
53. Rochester, NY: 13.81%

By raw change from 2010 to 2016:
1. New York: +126,889 people
2. Atlanta: +97,989 people
3. Washington DC: +79,537 people
4. Houston: +64,965 people
5. Philadelphia: +42,048 people
6. Dallas: +41,569 people
7. Miami: +37,343 people
8. Chicago: +35,689 people
9. Baltimore: +32,901 people
10. Charlotte: +29,474 people
11. Los Angeles: +25,533 people
12. Memphis: +21,493 people
13. Orlando: +15,628 people
14. New Orleans: +15,358 people
15. Boston: +15,103 people
16. Nashville: +14,175 people
17. Tampa: +13,988 people
18. Raleigh, NC: +12,272 people
19. Detroit: +12,042 people
20. Jacksonville: +11,831 people
21. Phoenix: +11,780 people
22. St. Louis: +10,893 people
23. Birmingham, AL: +10,865 people
24. Columbus: +10,464 people
25. Las Vegas: +10,311 people
26. Seattle: +10,251 people
27. Virginia Beach: +9521 people
28. Richmond, VA: +9385 people
29. Denver: +9353 people
30. Austin: +9227 people
31. Minneapolis: +9065 people
32. San Francisco: +8788 people
33. Pittsburgh: +8098 people
34. Cleveland: +8037 people
35. Riverside, CA: +7887 people
36. San Antonio: +7602 people
37. Indianapolis: +7143 people
38. San Diego: +5569 people
39. Kansas City: +5440 people
40. Milwaukee: +5012 people
41. Sacramento: +4699 people
42. Providence: +4509 people
43. Oklahoma City: +3924 people
44. San Jose: +3634 people
45. Grand Rapids, MI: +3399 people
46. Hartford, CT: +3135 people
47. Portland: +2161 people
48. Louisville: +1450 people
49. Cincinnati: +1383 people
50. Buffalo: +1276 people
51. Rochester, NY: +1136 people
52. Salt Lake City: +735 people
53. Tucson, AZ: +94 people

SouthernBoy205 · 10-08-2017, 08:10 PM

Houston is doing well.

ckhthankgod · 10-08-2017, 08:52 PM

I wish FactFinder could do it over a period of years, as I noticed when looking at other metros not on this list, that the percentages and total numbers can vary quite a bit from one year to the next.

Some other areas may or may not surprise people, if you get a chance to look at the information.

NC2ATL60 · 10-09-2017, 07:01 AM

Wow Atlanta is a beast!

ckhthankgod · 10-09-2017, 07:24 AM

In terms of percentage from 2010-2016, Grand Rapids went from 12.5% to 20.32%. That is quite a jump for an area that may not be known for being on the radar for degreed Black folks.

marothisu · 10-09-2017, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

In terms of percentage from 2010-2016, Grand Rapids went from 12.5% to 20.32%. That is quite a jump for an area that may not be known for being on the radar for degreed Black folks.

The amount in general is very low though to not be very impressive IMO. It should be a red flag going up less than 3500 people and raising the percentage that much. The top 10 are much more impressive.

waronxmas · 10-09-2017, 08:19 AM

Great post!

This data shows what is already known among Black folks in the 2010s: Atlanta, DC, Houston, and North Carolina are red hot. All four have tons of jobs and are attracting upwardly mobile Black folks in droves.

San Jose is an outlier here, but a positive one. While there are only 50,000 Black folks in the San Jose area, educational attainment is quite high. This speaks positively of California's post-secondary system.

ckhthankgod · 10-09-2017, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by marothisu

The amount in general is very low though to not be very impressive IMO. It should be a red flag going up less than 3500 people and raising the percentage that much. The top 10 are much more impressive.

This comes down to a matter of scale, as there aren’t going to be as many Black people in the Grand Rapids MSA in comparison to those cities.

ckhthankgod · 10-09-2017, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waronxmas

Great post!

This data shows what is already known among Black folks in the 2010s: Atlanta, DC, Houston, and North Carolina are red hot. All four have tons of jobs and are attracting upwardly mobile Black folks in droves.

San Jose is an outlier here, but a positive one. While there are only 50,000 Black folks in the San Jose area, educational attainment is quite high. This speaks positively of California's post-secondary system.

As well as certain sectors of its economy.

marothisu · 10-09-2017, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waronxmas

Great post!

This data shows what is already known among Black folks in the 2010s: Atlanta, DC, Houston, and North Carolina are red hot. All four have tons of jobs and are attracting upwardly mobile Black folks in droves.

San Jose is an outlier here, but a positive one. While there are only 50,000 Black folks in the San Jose area, educational attainment is quite high. This speaks positively of California's post-secondary system.

Yeah, but other ones hot too. Chicago is most surprising to me still considering the Black/African American population has been decreasing for years but the amount increased for this is still top 10 and higher than LAs increase. I think most of the rest in top 10 are to be expected.