Black Population In South Florida.... (Miami, Miami Beach: schools, to live, zip codes)

[LisainPonteVedra]

Hello everyone......I was hoping someone could help me out here as far as where the areas are in South Florida with the highest count of black population. My husband is looking to open a business and the black population is his target clientel. It can be in Broward, Palm, or Dade counties.....any advice would be GREATLY appreciated.....THANKS!!!

[Dro420]

In Dade:

North Miami
North Miami Beach
Miami - Liberty City/Overtown/Brownsville
Goulds/Golden Glades
Opa-Locka
Miami Gardens/Bunche Park/Carol City
Florida City
El Portal

Broward

Miramar

[doggiebus]

I would add Cutler Bay a.k.a. Cutler Ridge to Dade.

[logybogy]

Check out this map. It overlays census data based on race, age and other factors.

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[Dro420]

Originally Posted by doggiebus

I would add Cutler Bay a.k.a. Cutler Ridge to Dade.

That area isn't really all that black compared to other parts of Dade County.

Cutler Ridge FL (Florida) ZIP codes, schools, jobs, demographics & more

[doggiebus]

Originally Posted by Dro420

That area isn't really all that black compared to other parts of Dade County.

Cutler Ridge FL (Florida) ZIP codes, schools, jobs, demographics & more

No I know its not all black, but there are many more than say just north in Palmetto Bay. But that area just west of the mall, the heights or something, is a mostly black.

[INeedAChange]

This is a broad question, but do the African American and Latino populations in Miami get along with one another?

[doggiebus]

Yes it is a broad question. Yes for the most part they get along. I am going to generalize (so this doesn't represent every hispanic person) hispanics for some reason have issue with blacks in general. They look down apon them. This is just my opinion on what I have been told by hispanics that I have met.

[PBCboy]

West Palm Beach has a large black African-American/Haitian population. Riviera Beach is majority black but most of the population there is poor and your store would probably get shot up or something. In West Palm Beach there are lots of blacks who make a good amount of money and live in suburban areas. You'd want to avoid Bell Glade, it's majority black but it's a poor area.

Boynton Beach and Delray Beach in south Palm Beach County also have a considerable amount of black populations there.

The problem with many of the areas mentioned previously are that they're in areas no one in their right mind would want to open a business in - Overtown/Liberty City? Uh, no. NO ONE would want to live or run a business there, black or otherwise.

In Broward there's Lauderhill but most of the population there is Jamaican black.

[Dro420]

Originally Posted by doggiebus

Yes it is a broad question. Yes for the most part they get along. I am going to generalize (so this doesn't represent every hispanic person) hispanics for some reason have issue with blacks in general. They look down apon them. This is just my opinion on what I have been told by hispanics that I have met.

In Latin American countries the whites are usually the people in charge of the countries. You'll hardly ever see native americans or blacks in politicians in Latin American countries. This dates back to the old Spanish colonial days. The Spanish reign of the 18th and 19th centuries instituted a society of castes based on racial differences where blacks and indigenous peoples were treated like slaves and the political and religious oligarchy was comprised exclusively of white Spaniards.