Posted on 08/11/2005 7:01:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The white populations of the District, Arlington and Alexandria have grown this decade even as the region's outer counties have grown more diverse, according to new census estimates to be released today that underscore how the area's soaring housing prices and job sprawl are reshaping its racial and ethnic dynamics.
The city and those close-in Virginia suburbs had higher percentages of non-Hispanic white residents in 2004 than in 2000, a reversal of past trends, the estimates say. Minority groups grew more slowly than in the past, or declined.
In the District, Arlington and Alexandria, whites became a larger share of the population -- by a rate that ranked in the top 10 among the nation's jurisdictions, according to Brookings Institution demographer William H. Frey. Whites account for 30 percent of the D.C. population, up from 28 percent in 2000, and their numbers rose 3 percentage points in both Arlington, to 64 percent, and Alexandria, to 58 percent.
Unlike closer-in communities, counties outside the Capital Beltway experienced faster growth among minorities during those same years. The number of whites, blacks, Asians and Hispanics generally rose, according to the new estimates, but numbers of nonwhites rose more sharply. By Frey's calculations, the rate of minority growth in five jurisdictions -- Manassas Park, Prince William County, Loudoun County, Charles County and Manassas -- ranked in the top dozen nationally.
Overall, according to Census Bureau estimates, the Washington area's 5.9 million people are 56 percent non-Hispanic white, 25 percent black, 8 percent Asian and 10 percent Hispanic. All groups grew in number, but Asians and Hispanics continued to increase most rapidly.
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Interesting that this has yet to happen in major slums like Detroit.
"The white populations of the District, Arlington and Alexandria have grown this decade even as the region's outer counties have grown more diverse,"
So, when more minorities move to a majority white area, this is evidence of "diversity", but when whites to move to a majority "minority" area, that isn't evidence of anything more than white people moving to where they aren't welcome? Is that what this writer is trying to convey?
diverse = not white
It's good when minorities move in previously overwhelming white area, that is evidence of diversity but when whites move in to gentrify neighborhoods that were previously crime-ridden, it is "bad" because women and minorities are most affected and cannot "afford" to live in the area anymore. That is the viewpoint of WashPost.
Didn't you get the DNC memo?
White (other than flaming lefties) = evil.
It is all about economics...those are expensive areas...
Oops...article says so....teach me to read only the headline (no, it won't)....
I am sick of these racial bean counters. If someone like Hitler ever rose to power in this country, it would be so simple for him to enact genocidal programs against one race/ethnic group, because the statists have been so fastidious about documenting everyone's race. Virtually every government form now has a checkoff box for race.
The white populations of the District, Arlington and Alexandria have grown this decade even as the region's outer counties have grown more diverse.
This is Washington Post Liberal Code:
White populations grow.
Other populations become diverse.
Why didn't the district population become more DIVERSE? It should have...the white minority incresed!!
But NOOOOOOO.
Other colors diversify....whites become a (malignant)growth.
You have a point there. But what do you really expect from the folks at WashPost? They are statists after all and this is the city that voted 89% for Kerry in 2004.
Haha. Odd enough, the District is becoming a safer place to live. All the crime is being pushed out to Prince George's County, Maryland.
Not surprising. DC's blacks keep moving out to Prince George's County, MD to escape the city's high crime rate and rotting schools, while white singles (especially gays), who don't care about the state of public schools, move into increasingly gentrified DC neighborhoods.
That's right. Look at what happened to Dupont Circle.
Ah shoot, don't let Jesse or Big Al get wind of this.
That is disturbing, but they will likely kill off all them people who check 'other' because who knows what the hell they are.
Bump!
The percentage of the DC population composed of blacks has been decreasing for decades, and if I'm not mistaken it actually peaked in the 1960 Census.
I always check "native american" since I was born here. :-)
Actually, the black percentage of the population increased in 1968 and for several decades afterwards because of riots after MLK was killed.
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