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It’s looking at metro areas though. Look at Milpitas (where I grew up) and Fremont (where I was born), right next to SJ and you get a ton of non-whites.
Also, it still irks me that the Bay Area is split into two metros...when it’s functionally a single unit. It wastes space on lists like this, too.
It’s looking at metro areas though. Look at Milpitas (where I grew up) and Fremont (where I was born), right next to SJ and you get a ton of non-whites.
Also, it still irks me that the Bay Area is split into two metros...when it’s functionally a single unit. It wastes space on lists like this, too.
OP, these "metropolitan area" statistics are not particularly useful. The suburbs of just about any large city are predominantly white (well, Honolulu and some places in CA are special cases, as the whites are probably the minority there). It WOULD be useful to see a list of the large CITIES with a large white population, if you are into that sort of statistics.
Metros function better as a comparison tool than city limits, if only because city limits are wildly different and almost wholly arbitrary. Obviously there is a difference in metro areas and their racial component, so I wouldn’t say it’s “useless”.
OP, these "metropolitan area" statistics are not particularly useful. The suburbs of just about any large city are predominantly white (well, Honolulu and some places in CA are special cases, as the whites are probably the minority there). It WOULD be useful to see a list of the large CITIES with a large white population, if you are into that sort of statistics.
This is no longer entirely accurate, as many suburban areas well beyond California and Hawaii have become extremely diverse. Some examples would include Gwinnett County, GA; Fort Bend County, TX; Montgomery County, MD; and Osceola County, FL. Each of these counties have non-Hispanic whites in the minority, and multiple race and ethnic groups with a large presence.
Metros function better as a comparison tool than city limits, if only because city limits are wildly different and almost wholly arbitrary. Obviously there is a difference in metro areas and their racial component, so I wouldn’t say it’s “useless”.
I think it's evident that in cities like Buffalo and Providence- city limits matter, a lot. There's usually a city vs suburb thing in these older northern metros that doesn't exist in the Sunbelt.
Its not by coincidence that cities like that are hyper-minority and the suburbs are hyper white. It matters and is a big thin in those metros especially for locals and in local culture.
I think it's evident that in cities like Buffalo and Providence- city limits matter, a lot. There's usually a city vs suburb thing in these older northern metros that doesn't exist in the Sunbelt.
Its not by coincidence that cities like that are hyper-minority and the suburbs are hyper white. It matters and is a big thin in those metros especially for locals and in local culture.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but metro would even out the “city vs suburb” disconnect between regions.
It is interesting that out of 55 or so metros, Portland, the poster child of white cities, isn't in the top 10.
Portland has sizable Hispanic, Asian and mixed race populations, like other metro areas in the West Coast states. Also unlike in the predominantly Midwest/Rust Belt areas on the top 10 list, the area does not have much of a city vs. suburbs divide in terms of diversity. The dynamic is very different from metros like St. Louis or Buffalo which have large highly homogeneous areas despite their obvious diversity in the urban core.
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