Racial and cultural makeup of southeast cities

[BrandonTO416]

Regarding city propers, here is how the cities compare in their diversity.

Atlanta

Population: 416,474

White: 138,252, 33.2%

Black: 255,689, 61.4%

American Indian: 765, .2%

Asian: 8,046, 1.9%

Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 173, 0%

Some other race (Arabic, others): 8,272, 2.0%

Two or more races: 5,177, 1.2%

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Hispanic/Latino (of any race): 18,720, 4.5%

Nashville

Population: 545,524

White: 359,581, 65.9%

Black: 146,235, 26.8%

American Indian: 1,639, .3%

Asian: 12,992, 2.4%

Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 400, .1%

Some other race (Arabic, others): 13,677, 2.5%

Two or more races: 11,000, 2.0%

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Hispanic/Latino (of any race): 25,774, 4.7%

Memphis

Population: 650,100

White: 223,728, 34.4%

Black: 399,208, 61.4%

American Indian: 1,217, .2%

Asian: 9,482, 1.5%

Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 239, 0%

Some other race (Arabic, others): 9,438, 1.5%

Two or more races: 6,788, 1.0%

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Hispanic/Latino (of any race): 19,317, 3.0%

New Orleans

Population: 484,674

White: 135,956, 28.1%

Black: 325,947, 67.3%

American Indian: 991, .2%

Asian: 10,972, 2.3%

Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 109, 0%

Some other race (Arabic, others): 4,498, .9%

Two or more races: 6,201, 1.3%

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Hispanic/Latino (of any race): 14,826, 3.1%

Charlotte

Population: 540,828

White: 315,061, 58.3%

Black: 176,964, 32.7%

American Indian: 1,863, .3%

Asian: 18,418, 3.4%

Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 283, .1%

Some other race (Arabic, others): 19,242, 3.6%

Two or more races: 8,997, 1.7%

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Hispanic/Latino (of any race): 39,800, 7.4%

Raleigh

Population: 276,093

White: 174,786, 63.3%

Black: 76,756, 27.8%

American Indian: 981, .4%

Asian: 9,327, 3.4%

Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 118, 0%

Some other race (Arabic, others): 8,946, 3.2%

Two or more races: 5,179, 1.9%

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Hispanic/Latino (of any race): 19,308, 7%

[urbanguy]

Cool i cant wait til the next one comes out too bad it aint until 2010 haha we need to do it like ever 5yrs like other countries!

BTW what county do you live in? Estimates for 2003 state and county level have been released.

[Brickell]

With all the talk I've heard lately I thought the Hispanic population would have been into the teens by now, especially in Atlanta.

Perhaps the bulk of hispanic migration is not occuring in the cities themselves.

Based on these statistics alone, Charlotte seems to be the most diverse.

[urbanguy]

^Yeah i think most in the burbs as for racial diversity Charlotte does look like the most diverse but as for ethnic diversity that might be a different story?

[G W North]

^Yeah i think most in the burbs as for racial diversity Charlotte does look like the most diverse but as for ethnic diversity that might be a different story?

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Are there any Southern cities where a high percentage of the populous is Asian?

[Brickell]

college towns tend to have a high number of asians, mostly chinese grad students.

Orlando attracts a high number of vietnamese.

Miami has quite a few asians of all persuasions, but not a real "chinatown".

Houston has a large vietnamese population as well.

I don't have any numbers for these though... maybe heckles can look it up.

edit:

So I looked some of them up...

They're not as asian as I thought, at least not in the city proper.

% Asian

Orlando 2.7%

Houston 5.3%

Gainsville, FL 4.5%

Athens, GA 3.1%

Chapel Hill, NC 7.1%

[Brickell]

Miami, City of

Total population 362,470

White: 241,470 66.6%

Black or African American: 80,858 22.3%

American Indian and Alaska Native: 810 0.2%

Asian: 2,376 0.7%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 130 0.0%

Some other race: 19,644 5.4%

Two or more races: 17,182 4.7%

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Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 238,351 65.8%

[Brickell]

Let's see if this works. % Asian alone by metropolitan area.

[BrandonTO416]

I would have assumed a much higher asian population in Miami.

[Brickell]

So would have I. I see quite a few of them pretty much everyday. The only thing I can think of is that most of them are scattered throughout the suburbs instead of the city of Miami itself.

Maybe I'll look up metro-numbers if I get the energy.

[Southron]

Alabama's big four:

Birmingham

Population: 236,620

Black (73.5%)

White non-Hispanic (23.5%)

Hispanic (1.6%)

Two or more races (.8%)

Other race (.6%)

Huntsville

Population: 164,237

White non-Hispanic (63.4%)

Black (30.2%)

Hispanic (2.0%)

Two or more races (1.8%)

American Indian (1.3%)

Other race (.7%)

Asian Indian (.6%)

Chinese (.5%)

Mobile

Population: 193,464

White non-Hispanic (49.8%)

Black (46.3%)

Hispanic (1.4%)

Two or more races (1.0%)

American Indian (.6%)

Vietnamese (.6%)

Other race (.5%)

Montgomery

Population: 200,123

Black (49.6%)

White non-Hispanic (47.1%)

Hispanic (1.2%)

Two or more races (1.0%)

American Indian (.5%)