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I was at Boone / Blowing Rock area over the weekend and I only saw very few non-white folks around. It was very interesting to see that since Charlotte, where I live, is actually very diverse in comparison. But Regardless of the OP reason for asking, people were nice and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.
Which North Carolinian cities and towns would you classify as the most racially and ethnically diverse (inclunding interracial couplings), which ones are the least diverse in this area?
My picks for most diverse are: Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville
Least diverse area: Wilmington (excluding tourists)
Your pick for least diverse is interesting considering Wilmington's racial history
Hmmm. Asian/Pacific Islander in Wilmington here. Kinda sad that Wilmington popped up as being on the ethnically/racially monotonous side, but can't argue with facts.
I think though that we really need to defocus this entire diversity thing from race/ethnicity to a diversity of culture. I'm basically culturally the same as most college nerds, with a slight foreign ad-mixture.
Just because I'm different racially, doesn't mean I'm adding any significant value to the community.
Just tuning in. We're going to be moving to Wilmington from Durham and would like to be in one of the more diverse neighborhoods, or at least among a good gathering of progressives. Any ideas?
Susanshierlowry, start a new thread in the coastal subforum. This one is about the whole state and people see the first question asked and respond to that instead of to your question. The folks who live in Wilmington will be able to give you a better answer than folks from all over the state.
Just tuning in. We're going to be moving to Wilmington from Durham and would like to be in one of the more diverse neighborhoods, or at least among a good gathering of progressives. Any ideas?
Just tuning in. We're going to be moving to Wilmington from Durham and would like to be in one of the more diverse neighborhoods, or at least among a good gathering of progressives. Any ideas?
Downtown, neighborhoods around Greenfield Lake, Midtown neighborhoods off Wrightsville Avenue.
Ashe county (just north of Boone) is the least diverse county I could find in the state. The non-Hispanic white population there is 93.2%. Here are the rest of the stats on Ashe county.
Total population 27,281
White persons-----------------95.5%--26,053
Black persons------------------0.6%------164
American Indian----------------0.2%-------55
Asian persons------------------0.4%------109
Native Hawaiian----------------0.1%-------27
reporting two or more races-----1.0%------273
Hispanic or Latino origin---------4.8%----1,309
White persons not Hispanic-----93.2%---25,426 Ashe County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
Durham total population 267,587
White persons-----------------46.4%--124,160
Black persons------------------38.0%--101,683
American Indian----------------0.5%-----1,338
Asian persons------------------4.6%----12,309
Native Hawaiian----------------0.1%-------268
reporting two or more races-----2.6%-----6,957
Hispanic or Latino origin---------13.5%---36,124
White persons not Hispanic-----42.1%---112,654 Durham County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
Meck total population 919,628
White persons-----------------55.3%--508,554
Black persons-----------------30.8%---283,245
American Indian----------------0.5%-----4,598
Asian persons------------------4.6%----42,303
Native Hawaiian----------------0.1%-------920
reporting two or more races-----2.6%----23,910
Hispanic or Latino origin---------12.2%--112,195
White persons not Hispanic-----50.6%---465,332 Mecklenburg County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
Durham is certainly the diversity king of NC. However, Charlotte should be mentioned based on the larger number of folks. Also, the size of these counties is yet another factor. Durham county has 290 sq/mi while Meck county has 526 sq/mi. What this means is that Durham county has fewer distant suburbs than Meck (diversity tends to drop off rapidly as one travels farther away from the central city). This would also explain why Durham's much larger neighbor (Wake) is nearly two-thirds white (832 sq/mi county; ie more suburban/rural areas with less diversity).
With that said, I noticed that the city of Charlotte and Durham county are almost identical in land area. The city of Charlotte is 45% non-Hispanic whites, 13% Hispanics, and 35% black (diversity went up when we got rid of nearly 230 sq/mi of suburbs).
Minorities now in the majority in Charlotte | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...-majority.html - broken link)
Wake County clearly holds the lion's share of suburbs for the Triangle but all of them aren't as lilly white as often presumed. Morrisville is only 50.7% non-Hispanic White while being 27.2% Asian and 12.9% Black. Garner is 32.9% Black and 53.6% non-Hispanic White. Even Cary is 13.1% Asian, 8% Black and 7.7% Hispanic. Diversity metrics in Wake's suburbs clearly move the discussion away from being the typical Black & White discussion that the South typical has.
Raleigh city is 53.3% non-Hispanic White while being 29.3% Black, 4.3% Asian and 11.4% Hispanic. Of course, all of these Census percentages are 7 years old now and have certainly changed.
Wilmington has a very creepy racial history, unfortunately - the 1898 massacre kicked that off.
Not being from NC I had never heard of the 1898 race riot!? Interesting, but sad history.
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