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...which is an astounding statistic. Here's a list of a few U.S. cities showing the educational attainment (Bachelor's or higher for the population over 25) and the median HHI among the White, non-Hispanic population.
San Francisco (70.95%/$95,011) Washington, DC (76.98%/$108,629)
Atlanta (76.16%/$84,036)
Chicago (55.99%/$68,254)
Boston (62.29%/$71,625)
New York (52.15%/$72,295)
Portland (47.58%/$55,403)
Philadelphia (34.80%/$50,164)
Austin (59.29%/$63,670)
Los Angeles (51.8%/$67,252)
Seattle (63.8%/$71,393)
Houston (52.8%/$71,908)
DC leads the pack in educational attainment (and in median HHI by a large margin). This got me to thinking though. Who are the white people in DC that don't have college degrees? I had to ponder this question for a while since I honestly can't say I've ever met a white person in Washington, DC who didn't have a college degree. A few things came to mind...
College dropouts in "creative" jobs (e.g., graphic design, artists, poets, etc.)
Police officers/EMS/firefighters. I imagine most of these guys live in the burbs though.
Bartenders, DJs, club types (think 9:30 Club bouncers)
Elderly people.
How often do you come across a white person living in DC that doesn't have a college degree?
DC has the most homogeneous White population in the country. The White working class does not exist in the city. Have to go to pockets of PG, Southern MD and the outer fringes of NoVa to find them.
Are the rest of the cities incorrect as well? Were they percent of white population rather than white non-hispanic population?
No. I just botched DC. Everything else is still the same. For example, for San Francisco, there are 200,307 non-Hispanic whites with a Bachelor's or higher out of a total non-Hispanic white population of 281,917. That's 70.95 percent. I went back and double checked and the others are all correct. Funny that I would botch the calculation for DC when DC is the subject of the thread. Charge it to manual error. But the current numbers for DC are correct.
It's also interesting that San Francisco is known for being a place that's not particularly good for African Americans but yet a higher percentage of its black population is college educated.
San Francisco - 23.4%
DC- 22.8%
Atlanta - 21.8%
Boston - 18.2%
Chicago - 17.7%
Philly - 12.5%
Of course, percentages hardly tell the whole story. San Francisco has 8,246 Blacks with a Bachelor's or higher. DC has 46,680. San Francisco is one of the few cities (maybe the only city) where there are more college-educated black men than black women.
DC has the most homogeneous White population in the country. The White working class does not exist in the city. Have to go to pockets of PG, Southern MD and the outer fringes of NoVa to find them.
While highly educated, the white population of DC is not homogeneous.
It's also interesting that San Francisco is known for being a place that's not particularly good for African Americans but yet a higher percentage of its black population is college educated.
San Francisco - 23.4%
DC- 22.8%
Atlanta - 21.8%
Boston - 18.2%
Chicago - 17.7%
Philly - 12.5%
Of course, percentages hardly tell the whole story. San Francisco has 8,246 Blacks with a Bachelor's or higher. DC has 46,680. San Francisco is one of the few cities (maybe the only city) where there are more college-educated black men than black women.
How does that change if you consider the entire Bay area?
How often do you come across a white person living in DC that doesn't have a college degree?
Quite a bit, and they are often the most educated people I come across..
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