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To: Gaffer
This is just a dumbass Georgia Country Boy’s question, but are there even 2000 black students in Seattle?

Seattle proper in 2010 had a total population of 608,660. Of that, Black or African American was 7.9% of the total, or 48,084. 15.6% of the total population was under 18. So, if the percentages were roughly accurate, there'd be 7,501 black students (15.6% of 48,084) in Seattle's schools.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Seattle

The numbers get fuzzier when two or more races are involved (5.6% of total population - but no breakdown on those mixes).

34 posted on 10/20/2016 6:44:00 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
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To: IYAS9YAS; Gaffer
So, if the percentages were roughly accurate, there'd be 7,501 black students (15.6% of 48,084) in Seattle's schools.

Well, actually that's a bit high, considering kids under 5 or 6 wouldn't technically be in school, and then there's Juvie (another topic altogether)...

So, just taking under 18 and dividing by 18, then multiplying by 13 (K-12), we get 5,417.

41 posted on 10/20/2016 6:52:05 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
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