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King of Kensington
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« on: July 27, 2016, 11:15:49 PM »

Around 9% of the Black population in the US is foreign-born.  Here are the metros with at least 30,000 Black immigrants (ACS 2014 5-year estimates), by population and percentage of the Black population.

New York  972,820  28.5%
(NYC  677,708  32.8%)
Miami-Fort Lauderdale  419,531  34.1%
Washington  218,050  14.6%
Atlanta  143,710  8%
Boston  125,145  35%
Philadelphia  89,723  7.1%
Houston  74,092  6.9%
Orlando  72,571  20.1%
Dallas-Fort Worth  71,660  7.1%
Minneapolis-St. Paul  70,953  27.8%
Los Angeles  62,820  7.1%
Chicago  53,955  3.3%
Baltimore  51,758  6.5%
Seattle  42,895  21.6%
Tampa-St. Petersburg  34,535  10.1%
Columbus  33,782  12%
Hartford  30,099  22.8%

 
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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2016, 12:35:47 AM »

Around 9% of the Black population in the US is foreign-born.  Here are the metros with at least 30,000 Black immigrants (ACS 2014 5-year estimates), by population and percentage of the Black population.
New York  972,820  28.5%
(NYC  677,708  32.8%)
Miami-Fort Lauderdale  419,531  34.1%
Washington  218,050  14.6%
Boston  125,145  35%
Orlando  72,571  20.1%
Minneapolis-St. Paul  70,953  27.8%
Seattle  42,895  21.6%
Hartford  30,099  22.8%
Seattle is a surprise (to me, anyhow).

It appears to be a combination of a large metro population (3.6 million), not very many blacks overall (5.6%, so about 1/2 the US average and probably even less of the big metro average), but a not insignificant African population, with Ethiopian and Somalian (other Eastern African) of particular note.

The black population in Seattle is towards the southeast, no?  What about Ethiopians and Somalians? In Minneapolis, blacks and Somalis are in distinctive areas. You might be more likely to encounter Hmong in the traditional black areas of northwest Minneapolis, while the Somali concentrations are southeast of downtown.
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2016, 09:20:48 PM »

It appears to be a combination of a large metro population (3.6 million), not very many blacks overall (5.6%, so about 1/2 the US average and probably even less of the big metro average), but a not insignificant African population, with Ethiopian and Somalian (other Eastern African) of particular note.

The black population in Seattle is towards the southeast, no?  What about Ethiopians and Somalians? In Minneapolis, blacks and Somalis are in distinctive areas. You might be more likely to encounter Hmong in the traditional black areas of northwest Minneapolis, while the Somali concentrations are southeast of downtown.


Yes, I believe the East African population is in working class southeast Seattle and adjacent suburbs.
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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2016, 11:45:39 PM »

I believe that a majority of Blacks in NYC are immigrants or the children of immigrants (mainly from the Caribbean), outnumbering the AA population.
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« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2016, 05:04:38 PM »

In Portland, ME and I imagine other small, extremely white cities, the Black population is overwhelmingly of recent African origin i.e. Somalia, Eritrea, DRC, etc. largely due to refugee resettlement.
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« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2016, 01:00:52 PM »

A Somali-American defeated a 22-term (sic) incumbent in the Democratic primary for the Minnesota House in District 60B, which is on both banks of the Mississippi River southeast of downtown Minneapolis, including the University of Minnesota.

The results are quite interesting. Omar and Noor are both Somali-Americans, while Kahn is the incumbent. So not only did she lose, she finished third.

Ilhan Omar         2404
Mohamud Noor  1738
Phyllis Kahn         1726

Half the population is between 15 and 24 (and probably 18-24). The median age is 22.4, yet only 6.8% are 14 and under.

Since the election was August 9, hardly any students voted. W2-P4; W2-P7; and W2-P10; are the districts mostly closely related to the University and had 4% of the vote (3 of 12 precincts).

Kahn lives on Nicollet Island between downtown Minneapolis and St. Anthony, and carried the precinct handily W3-P3. The other two precincts in the ward are further to the SE. Notice the remarkable Omar-Noor result in W3-P3. W2-P5 and W2-P6 also carried by Kahn are on the eastern city and county line, north of the river. They're more remote from the campus.

Carter-Riverside is the core area of the Somali-emigre population in Minneapolis, and is in the two precincts of Ward 6. Note the turnout and amount of votes pile up by Noor in those two precincts. It may be that Omar picked up votes from whites who thought that Noor would beat Kahn.


Precinct             Omar Noor Kahn
MINNEAPOLIS W-2 P-03  236   51  143
MINNEAPOLIS W-2 P-04   39    2    6
MINNEAPOLIS W-2 P-05  260   59  291
MINNEAPOLIS W-2 P-06  194   12  205
MINNEAPOLIS W-2 P-07   50   27   38
MINNEAPOLIS W-2 P-09  144   33   48
MINNEAPOLIS W-2 P-10   34    4   22
MINNEAPOLIS W-3 P-01  207    1   37
MINNEAPOLIS W-3 P-02  212   21  189
MINNEAPOLIS W-3 P-03  244   71  410
MINNEAPOLIS W-6 P-02  392  450  157
MINNEAPOLIS W-6 P-03  392 1007   80
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