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Census Finds More Whites In D.C., Close Va. Suburbs
The Washington Post ^ | Thursday, August 11, 2005 | D'Vera Cohn and Leef Smith

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: alexandriava; arlingtonva; census; city; dc; dinks; exurbs; locationlocation; metrosexuals; suburbs; urban; whites
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1 posted on 08/11/2005 7:01:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Interesting that this has yet to happen in major slums like Detroit.


2 posted on 08/11/2005 7:03:27 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: 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,"

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?


3 posted on 08/11/2005 7:04:27 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
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To: MinorityRepublican

diverse = not white


4 posted on 08/11/2005 7:06:21 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon
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?

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.

5 posted on 08/11/2005 7:07:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon

Didn't you get the DNC memo?
White (other than flaming lefties) = evil.


6 posted on 08/11/2005 7:07:24 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It is all about economics...those are expensive areas...


7 posted on 08/11/2005 7:07:48 PM PDT by dakine
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To: dakine

Oops...article says so....teach me to read only the headline (no, it won't)....


8 posted on 08/11/2005 7:08:46 PM PDT by dakine
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To: MinorityRepublican

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.


9 posted on 08/11/2005 7:10:31 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
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To: 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.

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.


10 posted on 08/11/2005 7:12:05 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Mmmmmmm! Mmmmmmm! Good!)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon
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.

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.

11 posted on 08/11/2005 7:15:46 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Chickensoup
Other colors diversify....whites become a (malignant)growth.

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.

12 posted on 08/11/2005 7:16:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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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.


13 posted on 08/11/2005 7:18:31 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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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.

14 posted on 08/11/2005 7:19:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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The white populations of the District, Arlington and Alexandria have grown this decade

Ah shoot, don't let Jesse or Big Al get wind of this.

15 posted on 08/11/2005 7:25:32 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon

That is disturbing, but they will likely kill off all them people who check 'other' because who knows what the hell they are.


16 posted on 08/11/2005 7:28:25 PM PDT by CJ Wolf
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To: beaversmom

Bump!


17 posted on 08/11/2005 7:42:15 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

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.


18 posted on 08/11/2005 7:51:47 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon
Virtually every government form now has a checkoff box for race.

I always check "native american" since I was born here. :-)

19 posted on 08/11/2005 8:38:16 PM PDT by va4me
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To: AuH2ORepublican
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.

Actually, the black percentage of the population increased in 1968 and for several decades afterwards because of riots after MLK was killed.

20 posted on 08/11/2005 8:51:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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