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Pockets of northern Milton. Parts of Randolph (though, this is a stretch), and maybe parts of Stoughton.
Pretty much...Man, I wish I could find the thread, but these are some examples of block groups within the city that have median household incomes at least above the state figure and are predominantly black: Census Block Group 140300-1 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Atlanta has a massive foreign born African population.
Ive been to the others but I dont know as much about this topic admittedly. It was just a hypothesis.
As of the 2010 Census figures, metro Atlanta has the third-largest African-born population (after NYC and DC, tied with the Twin Cities) but it's a huge stretch to call it massive, being under 100K. No doubt it's grown since 2010 but it probably still hasn't hit the 100K mark. Keep in mind that metro Atlanta's total Black population as of 2010 was nearly 2 million.
Here on City-Data, the topic of, "What Cities Are the BEST for Black Professionals" gets beat like a dead horse, and the answer is pretty much always going to be Atlanta and DC with a possible argument for NYC. So let's discuss the reverse:
What cities have sizeable Black populations but very small/hardly visable/practically non-existent Black Professional communities?
A doctor friend of mine from DC who did her residency in St. Louis always talked about how she didn't DISLIKE St. Louis as a city, but couldn't wait to get out of there because there were hardly any Black professionals there so she felt like she didn't fit in, which I found perplexing for a city like St. Louis that pretty much has a 50% (!) Black population. But I recently came back from St. Louis and as I observed and mingled with the local Black folks, I understood exactly what she was talking about.
That's NOT a knock on St. Louis, or on St. Louis Blacks. I grew up 4 hours down the Mississippi in Memphis, which has an even larger Black population than St. Louis (probably about 70% these days) but has a very similar problem where if you live there and you are Black, professional, and educated, you will most likely find it lacking in many important ways, such as the dating scene, the entertainment scene, the job market, etc. So, before all the STL posters take this thread the wrong way and turn it into a, "Well, what part of St. Louis did you go to?!?" type of thing, I am simply using my friend's experience as an example and saying I have been in her shoes before.
So what do you all think? What cities or regions with large or highly visible Black populations have you found surprisingly lacking and disappointing for Black professionals? Discuss!
There’s no argument for NYC. Lots of black professionals in both Brooklyn and Uptown Manhattan.
Philadelphia also has a good amount of black professionals as well.
In my experience the city that lacked black professionals to me was Miami. I was going to add Charleston since many of the professionals in the city looked very white but I only spent a day there so I’ll stick with Miami!
There’s no argument for NYC. Lots of black professionals in both Brooklyn and Uptown Manhattan.
Philadelphia also has a good amount of black professionals as well.
In my experience the city that lacked black professionals to me was Miami. I was going to add Charleston since many of the professionals in the city looked very white but I only spent a day there so I’ll stick with Miami!
Yeah, you're definitely right about Miami.
You have a point with Charleston; Columbia is where the largest concentration of Black professionals can be found in SC.
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