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I’ll stop there, but this doesn’t include other towns with smaller, but visible percentages like Medina(this former NFL player went to HS there: https://orleanshub.com/mustangs-hono...r-ernie-clark/ ), Williamson(has a couple of “black” churches, where this Howard University professor grew up: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Tolbert ), Clyde(where this former Kansas University Basketball Player is from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se3t...&feature=share ), LeRoy(has a “black” Baptist Church that is over 100 years old), Caledonia/Mumford(latter also has a “black” church that has been there since 1890), Coxsackie(has a long time AME Church), Chatham(also has a long time AME Church), Peterboro(an Underground Railroad community, home to Abolitionist Hall of Fame, Elizabeth Street long time black families still there), Canastota(handful of families, some with long ties came as migrant farmers, late NBA lawyer from there: https://www.canastotacsd.org/communi...rees/gary_hall ), Warwick(long time AME Zion chuch there), Ravena/Selkirk area(long time church and came to work on railroad) and a handful of others.
In terms of another Northern state, here are some from Michigan that come to mind...
NC has only 65k rural blacks? Below Kentucky? That has to be an error. If not, that is shocking that NC black population mostly lives in the cities like that. It is surrounded by states that have at least 100k blacks in rural areas.
There are several government definitions of "rural" and it just depends on the source each state used to quantify their rural populations. One of the more restrictive definitions designates all counties outside of an MSA as rural and we know that doesn't reflect reality at all.
That said, NC has plenty of Black rural residents, particularly in eastern NC, but as you go westward across the Piedmont and certainly into the mountains, the numbers decrease steadily. I'd imagine that of NC's five largest MSAs, Raleigh probably has the largest number of Black residents in the actual rural areas and that Charlotte could possibly have the fewest which makes sense when you consider which half of the state each belongs to. SC, on the other hand, has a good bit of Black rural residents in and outside of MSA counties as much of the state is within the coastal plain/lower Piedmont (and not as much in the actual foothills and mountains) which is where rural Blacks are most concentrated in America.
One rural/small town community that doesnt show up often is Nantucket, MA.
Everyone knows Marthas Vineyard is a black vacation destination. Nantucket gets seen as the white vacation destinantion, home values are 2x higher than Marthas Vineyard. Its thought of as the ultimate white paradise an in the summer it is. The whole reality is Nantucket houses far more permanent residents of color than Marthas Vineyard. The reason these number dont show up on ccensus estimates is because people move on and off the Island between there, the mainland, and Jamaica all year long for family an work. Almost all the black residents on Nantucket are Jamaican (I went to college with one of them, Randall Jette former cornerback for the Green Bay Packers was another Jamaican Nantucketer).
The Island was much less diverse in 2010 and its very hard to get good counts if its not the town itself. Today the older white residents are showing backlash/racism against the growing diversity of the Island-per this article.
"From afar, and to the many part-time residents who spend summers on the island, Nantucket is a breeze-swept haven of lobster rolls and lighthouses, pastel clothing and multimillion-dollar mansions — a quaint, historic escape.
“I think the public’s imagination of Nantucket is probably what downtown Nantucket might look like on a given summer day,” says Julian Cyr, a state senator representing Cape Cod and the islands. “A getaway for the super rich, all of whom are very white.”
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But the annual summer scene belies what has become an increasingly diverse year-round population. Today, as an influx of immigrants arrive from places such as Jamaica, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic, roughly 30 percent of the island’s 11,000 full-time residents are of color, and 11 percent are Black. The shift has been particularly evident within the local school system, where in some classrooms students of color might outnumber white classmates."
So there are about 1200 full time black Nantucket residents.
One rural/small town community that doesnt show up often is Nantucket, MA.
Everyone knows Marthas Vineyard is a black vacation destination. Nantucket gets seen as the white vacation destinantion, home values are 2x higher than Marthas Vineyard. Its thought of as the ultimate white paradise an in the summer it is. The whole reality is Nantucket houses far more permanent residents of color than Marthas Vineyard. The reason these number dont show up on ccensus estimates is because people move on and off the Island between there, the mainland, and Jamaica all year long for family an work. Almost all the black residents on Nantucket are Jamaican (I went to college with one of them, Randall Jette former cornerback for the Green Bay Packers was another Jamaican Nantucketer).
The Island was much less diverse in 2010 and its very hard to get good counts if its not the town itself. Today the older white residents are showing backlash/racism against the growing diversity of the Island-per this article.
"From afar, and to the many part-time residents who spend summers on the island, Nantucket is a breeze-swept haven of lobster rolls and lighthouses, pastel clothing and multimillion-dollar mansions — a quaint, historic escape.
“I think the public’s imagination of Nantucket is probably what downtown Nantucket might look like on a given summer day,” says Julian Cyr, a state senator representing Cape Cod and the islands. “A getaway for the super rich, all of whom are very white.”
....
But the annual summer scene belies what has become an increasingly diverse year-round population. Today, as an influx of immigrants arrive from places such as Jamaica, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic, roughly 30 percent of the island’s 11,000 full-time residents are of color, and 11 percent are Black. The shift has been particularly evident within the local school system, where in some classrooms students of color might outnumber white classmates."
So there are about 1200 full time black Nantucket residents.
Something to even consider with the Hispanic growth, many are likely actually Black themselves or are of Black African descent, given where some are coming from.
Something to even consider with the Hispanic growth, many are likely actually Black themselves or are of Black African descent, given where some are coming from.
Sure some are the Dominicans, but I think mainly Hispanics on Nantucket come from El Salvador.
Also worth noting, after some digging I do think there are some African Americans who live on Nantucket but certainly in smaller numbers than Jamaicans. I say that because of dress/mannerisms/speech patterns I've seen or heard but you really can't tell.
There are several government definitions of "rural" and it just depends on the source each state used to quantify their rural populations. One of the more restrictive definitions designates all counties outside of an MSA as rural and we know that doesn't reflect reality at all.
That said, NC has plenty of Black rural residents, particularly in eastern NC, but as you go westward across the Piedmont and certainly into the mountains, the numbers decrease steadily. I'd imagine that of NC's five largest MSAs, Raleigh probably has the largest number of Black residents in the actual rural areas and that Charlotte could possibly have the fewest which makes sense when you consider which half of the state each belongs to. SC, on the other hand, has a good bit of Black rural residents in and outside of MSA counties as much of the state is within the coastal plain/lower Piedmont (and not as much in the actual foothills and mountains) which is where rural Blacks are most concentrated in America.
Officially it's Rural outside of urbanized areas which are Urban Clusters & Areas.
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