DrBanneker
Space is the Place
Ok, back when I was looking for places to live depending on what city we were going to move to, I started crunching Census data, basically to see where the educated and affluent Black folks were at around the country. Much later I was looking at where the majority solid middle class Black areas where and how they were distributed. I thought I might throw this up on the Coli to get folks reactions.
I looked at Census tract data which are basically sub-county geographies that are groups of neighborhoods in simple terms; often the size of small towns but much smaller than cities and with several thousand persons in each.
Basically, if you look at the population of Black folks that a) lives in census tracts at least 50% Black AND b) census tracks where Black people have a median household income of at least 50k, you realize that a lot of the prosperous majority Black areas are really concentrated
About 3.8M Black folks, or a little under 10%, live in majority Black areas with a median household income of at least $50k. Again, these are majority Black areas not ALL areas where Black households are at least $50k (if you look at areas that are at least 20% Black and above $50k in HH income you double this to about 7.3M folks).
Of this 3.8M, about 1 in 8 lives in PG County alone, with NY counties, Chi-town and the ATL making up the bulk of the rest
It's even more concentrated if you look at Blacks living in 50%+ Black majority census tracts with a median Black household income of at least, $70k (1.4M people). These are our majority Black upper middle class areas. Here PG County is almost 1 of 4 and almost 60% of these people live in three metros: NYC, Maryland DC suburbs, and ATL.
Granted there are majority Black solid middle class income areas across the country, though they can be small in comparison to the surrounding population, and most Black solid middle class households are not in majority Black areas but it is crazy how concentrated these areas are---and most aren't in the South even though that is where the bulk of our population is.
For the more interested: @ab.aspectus @Get These Nets @Jcotton1 @
I looked at Census tract data which are basically sub-county geographies that are groups of neighborhoods in simple terms; often the size of small towns but much smaller than cities and with several thousand persons in each.
Basically, if you look at the population of Black folks that a) lives in census tracts at least 50% Black AND b) census tracks where Black people have a median household income of at least 50k, you realize that a lot of the prosperous majority Black areas are really concentrated
About 3.8M Black folks, or a little under 10%, live in majority Black areas with a median household income of at least $50k. Again, these are majority Black areas not ALL areas where Black households are at least $50k (if you look at areas that are at least 20% Black and above $50k in HH income you double this to about 7.3M folks).
Of this 3.8M, about 1 in 8 lives in PG County alone, with NY counties, Chi-town and the ATL making up the bulk of the rest
It's even more concentrated if you look at Blacks living in 50%+ Black majority census tracts with a median Black household income of at least, $70k (1.4M people). These are our majority Black upper middle class areas. Here PG County is almost 1 of 4 and almost 60% of these people live in three metros: NYC, Maryland DC suburbs, and ATL.
Granted there are majority Black solid middle class income areas across the country, though they can be small in comparison to the surrounding population, and most Black solid middle class households are not in majority Black areas but it is crazy how concentrated these areas are---and most aren't in the South even though that is where the bulk of our population is.
For the more interested: @ab.aspectus @Get These Nets @Jcotton1 @
North Bronx brehs must be eating cause the south bronx can't be the reason The Bronx is on this list 
