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Montgomery County is more diverse and more integrated than Fairfax. Prince William county VA should be in this list.
True. Fairfax County has diversity but it’s in pockets, if that makes sense. Prince William County is definitely the most deverse county in all of NoVa.
12.2% Asian Alone
28.7% Black Alone
21.2% Hispanic
37.4% Non-Hispanic White Alone
2.8% 2 or more Races
24.7% Foreign Born
34.0% Language Other than English Spoken at Home
Gwinnett is more racially diverse than all of these counties, but a step down when it comes to international diversity. Its foreign born share is a notch down and its Hispanic population is largely Mexican- the Hispanic populations of the other 5 counties are from a myriad of countries- without a single (or even a couple) dominating countries. In Gwinnett county, only about 10% of the black population is foreign-born; in Montgomery county, about 30% of the black population is foreign-born and it's 35% for Fairfax. The percentages are similar for Broward County, FL, but probably a bit lower for the 2 NJ counties.
True. Fairfax County has diversity but it’s in pockets, if that makes sense. Prince William County is definitely the most deverse county in all of NoVa.
Prince William county is very racially diverse, but it's still quite a bit less international than Fairfax Co. Prince William Co. is 22.8% foreign-born while Fairfax Co. is 30.4% foreign-born. Also, Prince William County's black population is only about 16% foreign-born while Fairfax's is about 35% foreign-born. This is a substantial difference- in that the majority of Fairfax's black population is comprised of either immigrants or their children, while this isn't at all the case in Prince William. So I'd say Fairfax is quite a bit more international than Prince William county in spite of being less racially diverse.
I stand corrected regarding the diversity of nationalities in Gwinnett County's Hispanic population; I thought it was primarily Mexican, but turns out it's not; it's almost as diverse as that of Montgomery County, more diverse than that of Prince William County, but less diverse than that of Fairfax.
Gwinnett's Hispanic population is far more diverse than those of its neighbors- for e.g. Cobb's. (see attached picture)
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Attached is a similar table for the Asian populations. Fairfax definitely has the most diverse Asian population of the lot, and it's also by far the largest. Gwinnett's Asian population is the second most diverse, but it's much smaller than the others. Montgomery and Bergen's Asian populations are about equally diverse (Montgomery's is about 50% Chinese and Indian, while Bergen's is just over 50% Korean and Indian). Middlesex's Asian population is clearly the least diverse (Indian-dominated), but is proportionally the largest.
But Fairfax is definitely the most East/Southeast Asian suburban county on the East Coast (and possibly outside of California).
Attached are 2 tables from the 2016 American Community Survey showing the place of birth of the black population for counties mentioned in the original post of the thread along with a few others for comparison (Gwinnett County, GA; Hudson County, NJ; Miami-Dade County, FL; Palm Beach County, FL; Fort-Bend County, TX; Prince William County, VA)
Here are the calculated percentages of the black population comprised by those born abroad. Counties mentioned in the original post of the thread are bolded.
So, clearly Broward and Montgomery form the top tier. Miami-Dade, PBC and Fairfax form the 2nd tier. The 3 NJ counties form the third tier. Gwinnett, Prince William and Fort Bend form the bottom tier.
Broward's huge Foreign-Born black population and its Hispanic population being exceptionally diverse are why I included it among consideration of the most diverse suburban counties in spite of it have a paltry Asian population. Also, even though Fort Lauderdale is a principal city of the metro area and it's contained within Broward, the county as a whole is largely suburban; its weighted density is probably similar to Bergen County's.
Any reasoning why not, or any way possible we could throw Orange County, CA in there?
I was going to keep it to East Coast counties only. On the west coast, most of the suburban counties (e.g. Orange, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano) would be just as racially diverse or moreso than the ones I mentioned here. However, they probably wouldn't have the breadth of international diversity that the east coast suburban counties mentioned here do.
Gwinett County, GA should have been included. But as a NoVa resident, I choose Fairfax County. I was just in Annandale the other day - the choice of restaurants have expanded so much in the past few years.
Prince William county is very racially diverse, but it's still quite a bit less international than Fairfax Co. Prince William Co. is 22.8% foreign-born while Fairfax Co. is 30.4% foreign-born. Also, Prince William County's black population is only about 16% foreign-born while Fairfax's is about 35% foreign-born. This is a substantial difference- in that the majority of Fairfax's black population is comprised of either immigrants or their children, while this isn't at all the case in Prince William. So I'd say Fairfax is quite a bit more international than Prince William county in spite of being less racially diverse.
Meaning 30% of Fairfax counties population is born outside the U.S??????
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Place of Birth of the Black population
