Comments on: D.C.-Area Gets Blacker While City Gets Whiter http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/08/d-c-area-gets-blacker-while-city-gets-whiter/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/08/d-c-area-gets-blacker-while-city-gets-whiter/#comment-807 Anonymous Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:16:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=10100#comment-807 Ah, you are right. I misread the report's graphic. I will make note of the error and correct the post. Thanks. Ah, you are right. I misread the report’s graphic. I will make note of the error and correct the post. Thanks.

]]> By: Rob Pitingolo http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/08/d-c-area-gets-blacker-while-city-gets-whiter/#comment-806 Rob Pitingolo Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:01:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=10100#comment-806 Here are the race & ethnicity breakdowns in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria MSA, per the 2010 Census: White non-Hispanic: 48.6% Black non-Hispanic: 25.2% Hispanic: 13.8% Asian non-Hispanic: 9.2% Other: 3.2% I think the numbers clearly show that white non-Hispanics are the largest single group in the region. Here are the race & ethnicity breakdowns in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria MSA, per the 2010 Census:

White non-Hispanic: 48.6%
Black non-Hispanic: 25.2%
Hispanic: 13.8%
Asian non-Hispanic: 9.2%
Other: 3.2%

I think the numbers clearly show that white non-Hispanics are the largest single group in the region.

]]> By: Eric http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/08/d-c-area-gets-blacker-while-city-gets-whiter/#comment-805 Eric Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:16:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=10100#comment-805 I still don't understand.  The Post article shows that the area's single-largest racial group is still whites (49%), followed by blacks (25%), and then everyone else.  What racial group is more numerous than whites? http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/minorities-are-the-new-majority/2011/08/30/gIQAWwHeqJ_graphic.html I still don’t understand.  The Post article shows that the area’s single-largest racial group is still whites (49%), followed by blacks (25%), and then everyone else.  What racial group is more numerous than whites?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/minorities-are-the-new-majority/2011/08/30/gIQAWwHeqJ_graphic.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/08/d-c-area-gets-blacker-while-city-gets-whiter/#comment-802 Anonymous Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:48:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=10100#comment-802 Actually, no more. 2010 Census data show that the D.C.-metro area no longer has a white majority -- it's at 49 percent. No racial group is the majority in our area, but African Americans are the largest single group. Thanks for commenting! Actually, no more. 2010 Census data show that the D.C.-metro area no longer has a white majority — it’s at 49 percent. No racial group is the majority in our area, but African Americans are the largest single group.

Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Eric http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/08/d-c-area-gets-blacker-while-city-gets-whiter/#comment-801 Eric Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:55:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=10100#comment-801 "And our metro area is one of only three in the nation where African Americans make up the single largest racial group." Aren't whites the single largest racial group? “And our metro area is one of only three in the nation where African Americans make up the single largest racial group.”
Aren’t whites the single largest racial group?

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