Today I learned Detroit/Wayne County is not >40% black
jb_681131 on
how about counties over 50% ?
prozute on
Did Philadelphia fall out in the last census? Thought Philly was 42-43%.
Dazzling-Score-107 on
Hey look it’s the areas of the US that Reddit makes fun of the most.
GreedyLack on
No Philadelphia?
Warm_Article_2462 on
I wish more Americans from the north / west would spend some time down here when throwing out comments about being very racist in the south. Most people you encounter here are going to be pretty chill.
Anecdotal, but I’ve gotten way worse racism from black people in Chicago and Baltimore than I ever had growing up here.
We have cities in South Carolina that are 75%+ black like Orangeburg, Marion. It’s a huge culture shock to people visiting from states like Washington because they’ve never been to a place where the kids, the police chief, the mayor, the business owners are all black.
Marswolf01 on
I’ll always find it fascinating that the reason the area highlighted in Alabama is where it is is because of a geological formation formed in the Cretaceous period that made that region have super fertile soil that was perfect for growing things like cotton. It’s wild that something that occurred in the earth 65 million years ago would have societal and political and cultural ramifications to this day.
Forsexualfavors on
Crazy about that one spot in the Atlantic.
Mt8045 on
St Louis city is over 40% as of 2020.
greencash370 on
I love geology so much. Really interesting how it can affect certain human geographic matters so much.
falseruler on
Counties where whites are 90% republican
APlannedBadIdea on
Interesting how there are small enclave counties in Virginia and a handful correlate with this particular map.
ETAUnlimited on
In all the worst states with the worst labor laws and and the worst representation. Amazing.
Tim-oBedlam on
Somerset County, MD surprised me (that’s the county on the Eastern Shore).
Routine-Cicada-4949 on
I thought there were islands off of South Carolina which were predominantly Black. Or am I completely wrong, again?
TooSmalley on
Im surprised no where in New Jersey is 40% black.
Adventurous_Light_85 on
It very interesting to see that those areas are likely the closest routes taken for slave ships. My assumption would be that the African slaves eventually got established and stayed. Similar to how the Hispanic population tends to be in the southwest.
NC_RockFan on
I live in one of those Counties.
dhindej on
Note: St. Louis and a few other independent cities should be marked red. And somerset county after checking is only 38%. This is based off 2020 census data
Difficult_Phase1798 on
A few years back i saw this map overlayed with a map from the 19th century with the largest slave populations. Basically the same map.
velvet__echo on
I thought Milwaukee was
Pleasant-Target-1497 on
Aka reddits least favorite places
furie1335 on
the bronx has more than 40%
disturbed1117 on
I lived in Newport News Virginia and can confirm it’s mostly black. I was one of the few white students in a few of my classes in high school.
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crazy how they are consistently red states
Today I learned Detroit/Wayne County is not >40% black
how about counties over 50% ?
Did Philadelphia fall out in the last census? Thought Philly was 42-43%.
Hey look it’s the areas of the US that Reddit makes fun of the most.
No Philadelphia?
I wish more Americans from the north / west would spend some time down here when throwing out comments about being very racist in the south. Most people you encounter here are going to be pretty chill.
Anecdotal, but I’ve gotten way worse racism from black people in Chicago and Baltimore than I ever had growing up here.
We have cities in South Carolina that are 75%+ black like Orangeburg, Marion. It’s a huge culture shock to people visiting from states like Washington because they’ve never been to a place where the kids, the police chief, the mayor, the business owners are all black.
I’ll always find it fascinating that the reason the area highlighted in Alabama is where it is is because of a geological formation formed in the Cretaceous period that made that region have super fertile soil that was perfect for growing things like cotton. It’s wild that something that occurred in the earth 65 million years ago would have societal and political and cultural ramifications to this day.
Crazy about that one spot in the Atlantic.
St Louis city is over 40% as of 2020.
I love geology so much. Really interesting how it can affect certain human geographic matters so much.
Counties where whites are 90% republican
Interesting how there are small enclave counties in Virginia and a handful correlate with this particular map.
In all the worst states with the worst labor laws and and the worst representation. Amazing.
Somerset County, MD surprised me (that’s the county on the Eastern Shore).
I thought there were islands off of South Carolina which were predominantly Black. Or am I completely wrong, again?
Im surprised no where in New Jersey is 40% black.
It very interesting to see that those areas are likely the closest routes taken for slave ships. My assumption would be that the African slaves eventually got established and stayed. Similar to how the Hispanic population tends to be in the southwest.
I live in one of those Counties.
Note: St. Louis and a few other independent cities should be marked red. And somerset county after checking is only 38%. This is based off 2020 census data
A few years back i saw this map overlayed with a map from the 19th century with the largest slave populations. Basically the same map.
I thought Milwaukee was
Aka reddits least favorite places
the bronx has more than 40%
I lived in Newport News Virginia and can confirm it’s mostly black. I was one of the few white students in a few of my classes in high school.
Good to know