Do you remember when "inner city" and "urban" were code words for "black"?
looking at census 2020 results and tracking the ongoing phenomenon of black flight/black suburbanization in many US cities, i came to realize that there really aren't that many major US central cities left that are majority or plurality black.
growing up in 80s/90s, i remember hearing terms like "inner city" and "urban" frequently used by white people as code to talk about black neighborhoods and black culture, but with the continuing suburbanization of the nation's black citizens, combined with the substantial growth in many urban latino & asian communities and white gentrification, those old connotations seem to make less and less sense with each passing decade.
of US municipalities over 300,000, there are only 4 that are majority NH-black:
detroit: 77.2% NH-black
memphis: 61.3% NH-black
baltimore: 57.3% NH-black
new orleans: 53.6% NH-black
and of US municipalities over 300,000, there are only 6 that are plurality NH-black:
newark: 47.5% NH-black
cleveland: 47.5% NH-black
Atlanta: 46.7% NH-black
DC: 40.9% NH-black
philadelphia: 38.3% NH-black
milwaukee: 37.8% NH-black
and there are 2 municipalities over 300,000 that are over 40% NH-black, but because of their very low numbers of other groups, NH-whites hold a slim plurality:
st. louis: 42.8% NH-black
cincinnati: 40.3% NH-black
for reference, the US now has 69 municipalities over 300,000 people. only 10 of them are majority or plurality NH-black (14.5%).
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Last edited by Steely Dan; Oct 18, 2021 at 8:55 PM.
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