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There not flocking to whiteness per se. They are fleeing Blackness (and extreme Latino-ness).
Then they should stay out of Colorado. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/CO
21% Hispanic and that's statewide. There are many places that are much higher. https://www.homesnacks.net/most-hisp...orado-1210752/
These cities are all over the state, from the Denver burbs (Federal Heights, Commerce City) to the mountains (Avon) to the San Luis Valley (Alamosa); southeastern Colorado (Trinidad); eastern plains (Ft. Lupton, Brush, La Junta), northeast Colorado (Evans); and the Front Range (Pueblo, Colordo's 7th largest city with a population of >100,000). Three are >50% Hispanic-Federal Heights, Trinidad and Pueblo. 31.2% of residents in Denver, Colorado's biggest city (>600,000 people) are Hispanic.
The whitest states in the country are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and West Virginia. But even all of those states have become less white over the last 25 years and have not seen massive population increases in that time span either. In fact, their population has remained mostly stable as they're primarily rural states. There's no evidence that whites flock to these states to escape ethnic minority domination.
People move to major metropolitan areas with large and dynamic job markets. Then, within those regions they tend to pick the areas best suited to them - which can be but not necessarily will be an area that is mostly inhabited by the same racial/ethnic group. Most major metropolitan areas have racial/ethnic strongholds. Manhattan Beach in L.A. county is over 80% white with almost no blacks and only a small Hispanic population, nearby Inglewood is nearly exclusively black and Hispanic. Racial/ethnic sorting still happens at the neighborhood/town/city level, not state level.
Recent estimates show that the city of Austin is 48.9% non-Hispanic white, and the metro area is 53.3% non-Hispanic white. Certainly white people are moving to Texas' capital, but so are many non-whites. It is definitely well below other major cities in the South for the share of African Americans, but Austin is hardly a homogeneous place.
Yes, Asheville is definitely less diverse but this is a result of historic settlement patterns and being predominantly a retirement rather than a career destination. It does stand out in that respect among NC's major cities.
There is no such thing as a white flight state. It doesnt exist.
There are places that draw white people across the country. Liberal whites like Portland, Austin, Denver, and Minneapolis among others. Conservative whites like suburbs of big cities, small cities, or rural areas.
Then you have places like Chicago, NYC, LA, Houston, and most major cities that are bleeding white residents. In Texas for example, the only major city that is experiencing positive white growth is Austin. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and Fort Worth are all losing white residents by city.
There is no such thing as a white flight state. It doesnt exist.
There are places that draw white people across the country. Liberal whites like Portland, Austin, Denver, and Minneapolis among others. Conservative whites like suburbs of big cities, small cities, or rural areas.
Then you have places like Chicago, NYC, LA, Houston, and most major cities that are bleeding white residents. In Texas for example, the only major city that is experiencing positive white growth is Austin. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and Fort Worth are all losing white residents by city.
The metro area is losing white population, but the city is actually growing in white population. Is the same not true for any of the other cities mentioned?
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