The specific neighborhood I live in is very diverse. Our building is filled with people from so many countries! Iraq, Philippines, Jamaica, Serbia, Cuba, El Salvador, and Dominican Republic are the ones I know of! It's really awesome to hear everyone's stories.
Post by lightbulbsun on Dec 13, 2012 14:03:06 GMT -5
We have a mix of mostly white, black and asian. I live halfway in between Trenton and Priceton, so it's pretty diverse, not just racially but also financially.
Post by spitforspat on Dec 13, 2012 14:03:43 GMT -5
This is one way in which Austin royally pisses me off. The city considers itself so liberal and cutting-edge, but you can literally draw a line around where the different races typically live.
My County vs. California as a whole Population, 2011 estimate 1,809,378 37,691,912 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 1,781,642 37,253,956 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.6% 1.2% Population, 2010 1,781,642 37,253,956 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.9% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.9% 24.6% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.3% 11.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.8% 50.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 58.4% 74.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.0% 6.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 1.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 32.9% 13.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.5% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.9% 3.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 27.2% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 34.8% 39.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.7% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 36.9% 27.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 50.5% 43.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 86.5% 80.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 45.5% 30.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 71,576 1,997,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.3 27.0
Housing units, 2011 633,275 13,720,462 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 58.7% 56.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 32.8% 30.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $681,100 $421,600 Households, 2007-2011 599,652 12,433,172 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.89 2.91 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $40,698 $29,634 Median household income, 2007-2011 $89,064 $61,632 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 9.2% 14.4% Business QuickFacts Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 44,120 849,8751 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 847,052 12,536,4021 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -15.3 -2.71 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 123,644 2,814,409
Total number of firms, 2007 156,084 3,425,510 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 1.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.5% 14.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.4% 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 10.8% 16.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.7% 30.3%
If you walked down my street, you'd be like WOW! WHAT A DIVERSE AREA!
But when I voted (meaning that people who don't live in the area were taken out of the mix), I saw 5 black voters while I was there and I would estimate that I saw like 300-500 people when I was there.
The racial makeup of the city was 76.4% White, 6.9% African American, 0.3% Native American, 2.9% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 10.0% from other races, and 3.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24.4% of the population.
By comparison these below are from the town I moved from:
White alone - 1,900 (92.2%) Hispanic - 91 (4.4%) Two or more races - 24 (1.2%) Asian alone - 23 (1.1%) Black alone - 20 (1.0%) Other race alone - 3 (0.1%)
Post by Ruby Gloom on Dec 13, 2012 14:15:36 GMT -5
My town is probably 40% Caucasian, 30% AA, 15% Hispanic, 10% AA/Caucasian, 3% Asian, 2% Other.
It is a very small, rural area, and most of the different ethnicities are split by "wards."
Many of the Caucasians here are still very, very racist. I have a family member who thinks nothing of Klan memorabilia displayed in his home, and my boss does not display family photos here because his wife is white and his children are of mixed race and he is afraid that customers would judge him harshly for that, both AA and white. (yes, he told me this straight up)
I live in a rural county (well as rural as NJ gets) but my town is probably the most cityish of the county
Town: White alone - 7,407 (76.2%) Hispanic - 1,474 (15.2%) Asian alone - 478 (4.9%) Black alone - 210 (2.2%) Two or more races - 109 (1.1%) Other race alone - 34 (0.3%) American Indian alone - 12 (0.1%)
County: White Non-Hispanic Alone (86.8%) Hispanic or Latino (6.3%) Black Non-Hispanic Alone (3.0%) Asian alone (2.6%) Two or more races (1.1%)
Post by fuckyourcouch on Dec 13, 2012 14:19:11 GMT -5
for my suburb of denver in 2000: The racial makeup of the city was 76.91% White, 0.99% African American, 1.47% Native American, 1.10% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 16.29% from other races, and 3.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 38.22% of the population.
I just compared it to the city I work in. HUGE difference
Black alone - 138,074 (49.8%) Hispanic - 93,746 (33.8%) White alone - 32,122 (11.6%) Asian alone - 4,318 (1.6%) Two or more races - 4,200 (1.5%) Other race alone - 3,899 (1.4%) American Indian alone - 713 (0.3%) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 68 (0.02%)
My hometown is 82.7% African American, 10.6% White (7.8% non-Hispanic white), 1.1% Asian, 0.4% Native American, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.0% other races, 2.2% two or more races.
...where I live now is 93.75% White, 0.53% African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 2.57% from other races, and 1.88% from two or more races.
Post by mamasaurus on Dec 13, 2012 14:36:19 GMT -5
My neighborhood is trying to win a diversity contest.
To the left: couple in their 50's w/ adult son living at home. White. They foster dogs and she is an alcoholics anonymous leader.
To the right: couple in late 30's/early 40's with 3 kids and a rare breed dog. AA, he is first-generation and she has local roots since the great migration. They work split shifts.
Across the street: Mormon couple with 1 adult son and 2 teens, one of whom is deaf and the other of whom has some sort of learning disability. White. I think the dad works in the LDS church, but I'm not sure. He has family roots here but she is from Hawaii.
At the corner: two cop brothers who are very white, very Chicago Irish, and the sons of the developer who built the neighborhood.
Down the street: several Mexican families, a little old white lady, a Russian orthodox nun, a family of orthodox Jews with what I think are Israeli accents, a Korean family, and two old gay men, one of whom is Australian.
There are a couple of first generation polish immigrants and more mexican families on the next street, a ton of old white people, a couple of muslim families, one family with kids who seem a few years ahead of H and I, a mixed-race Jamaican family, and a guy I've never seen who has a radio tower in his yard and boards the windows. There's also a couple who got 6 show dogs when their kids went away to college and an artist of some sort, who I've never met. He lives in a house where a pedophile committed suicide about 5 years ago.
I think we need a Brazilian family to round things out, maybe.
ETA: almost everyone here who is white, mexican, or AA is catholic, but we also have a catholic church and school on the next corner.
Oh, and I forgot the huge Indian family who just moved in down the road! There's 3 generations in the only McMansion in the neighborhood, and Grandma is still wearing her sari and sandals like it's not 34 degrees outside.
My neighborhood is trying to win a diversity contest.
To the left: couple in their 50's w/ adult son living at home. White. They foster dogs and she is an alcoholics anonymous leader.
To the right: couple in late 30's/early 40's with 3 kids and a rare breed dog. AA, he is first-generation and she has local roots since the great migration. They work split shifts.
Across the street: Mormon couple with 1 adult son and 2 teens, one of whom is deaf and the other of whom has some sort of learning disability. White. I think the dad works in the LDS church, but I'm not sure. He has family roots here but she is from Hawaii.
At the corner: two cop brothers who are very white, very Chicago Irish, and the sons of the developer who built the neighborhood. Down the street: several Mexican families, a little old white lady, a Russian orthodox nun, a family of orthodox Jews with what I think are Israeli accents, a Korean family, and two old gay men, one of whom is Australian.
There are a couple of first generation polish immigrants and more mexican families on the next street, a ton of old white people, a couple of muslim families, one family with kids who seem a few years ahead of H and I, a mixed-race Jamaican family, and a guy I've never seen who has a radio tower in his yard and boards the windows. There's also a couple who got 6 show dogs when their kids went away to college and an artist of some sort, who I've never met. He lives in a house where a pedophile committed suicide about 5 years ago.
I think we need a Brazilian family to round things out, maybe.
Leon County, FL is about 64% white (59% non-hispanic) and 30% black. The next largest group is Hispanic/Latino, which is about 4%.
I honestly thought it was close to 50/50 white and black. I guess it depends on the part of town you live in, where you work, etc., too, as far as who you are exposed to. I think the far NE part of town has a greater concentration of whites, but I don't venture up there much.
I thought we were closer to 50/50 as well. I wonder if those state factor in students that aren't permanent residents, that might change things.
Post by gnomesweetgnome on Dec 13, 2012 14:42:37 GMT -5
According to the census data my town is mainly white. The neighborhood I live in has a larger percentage of Latino and Black citizens than the city a a whole. We have 2 large universities in town, and those are more racially diverse (lots of international students, a good mix of Black/White/Latino/Asian/etc.).