Official US 2010 Census Results

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Anyone know when new Mexico is going to come out?  I want to know how close to majority-Hispanic the State is.

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New Mexico has become plurality Hispanic.  46.3% of residents are Hispanic.  40.5% are non-Hispanic White.  8.5% are non-Hispanic American Indian.  The non-Hispanic White population increased by 2.5%.  The Hispanic population grew by 24.6%.  Non-Hispanic American Indians were up by 8.6%.  The Non-Hispanic Asian (+44.1%) and Non-Hispanic Black (+15.7%) populations grew faster than the state as a whole, but their numbers are still small - each under 2%.

I wonder if this means that Whites are now a protected minority under the VRA section 5 (or 2 two, whichever governs Redistricting).  Not that it really matters, as drawing 3 "fair" districts (1 in Albuquerque, 1 in North New Mexico, and 1 in Southern New Mexico) yields districts with approximately the same demographics (with the main difference being the northern one having a significant native population and correspondingly less whites).

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I wonder if this means that a 2nd Black-majority district isn't required.  It was hard enough trying to draw two beforehand.

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These CD's have lost population:

NY 28, 27, 11, 15, 3, 6, 14
RI-1
WV-3
MI 13, 14, 5, 12, 1, 9
FL-10
KY-5
MN-4
TN-9
WI-4
OH 11, 1, 10, 17, 9, 6, 5
PA 14, 12, 2, 3
CA 31, 47, 33
NE-3
KS-1
AL-7
MO-1
TX-32
IL 1, 4, 2, 9, 17, 7, 5, 10
AR-4
IA-5
MD-7
LA 2, 3
MS-2
NJ-10

Interesting mix of rural and urban Black-majority districts.  If those figures are right, the only black-majority districts that didn't lose population are NY-10, VA-3, NC-1, FL-17, FL-23, SC-6, GA-4, GA-5, and MD-4, and much of that gain is from non-black population growth.

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These CD's have lost population:

NY 28, 27, 11, 15, 3, 6, 14
RI-1
WV-3
MI 13, 14, 5, 12, 1, 9
FL-10
KY-5
MN-4
TN-9
WI-4
OH 11, 1, 10, 17, 9, 6, 5
PA 14, 12, 2, 3
CA 31, 47, 33
NE-3
KS-1
AL-7
MO-1
TX-32
IL 1, 4, 2, 9, 17, 7, 5, 10
AR-4
IA-5
MD-7
LA 2, 3
MS-2
NJ-10

Interesting mix of rural and urban Black-majority districts.  If those figures are right, the only black-majority districts that didn't lose population are NY-10, VA-3, NC-1, FL-17, FL-23, SC-6, GA-4, GA-5, and MD-4, and much of that gain is from non-black population growth.

That adds more credence to the discussion of a new Great Migration in which black Americans are returning to the rising cities of the New South.

Or (more likely i think) that Blacks are following whites to the Suburbs.  None of those districts that gained are very Urban (except NY-10 in central Brooklyn, though i don't think its pop gain was from blacks), and most like GA-4, MD-4, and FL-17 are more Suburban and Middle class than urban.

Also, this data is just for which districts LOST population, not which ones lost Blacks.  I assume the Black population of the surrounding areas and districts picked up Blacks as a result as well.