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Hmmmm. Apparently, numbers not so hard to come up with, if one knows where to look.As for the significance of blacks taking it on the chin for all of this illegal immigration, -- tensions were VERY high in Cali when I left about 15 years ago. Lots of conflict in areas for housing, jobs, public services. East Palo Alto is haven of POC on a VERY VERY white/asian/indian San Fran peninsula. And although the Hispanic community revitalized sections of San Carlos, Colma, Redwood City, Mountain View and other SF peninsula cities, the majority of blacks lived mostly in Colma and East Palo Alto.
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Black population decreases in East Palo Alto
Defying a Bay Area trend, East Palo Alto saw its population decrease by 4.6 percent over the past decade -- a drop precipitated by a shrinking number of black residents, U.S. Census data shows.www.paloaltoonline.com
The data, which the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday (March 8), showed the number of people of one race who identify themselves as black or African-American falling by 30 percent between 2000 and 2010. The city had 6,796 black residents in 2000, but the number dropped to 4,704 in the new census.
Black residents, who made up 23 percent of East Palo Alto's population in 2000, now make up only 16.7 percent of the city, according to the census.
The dramatic drop in the number of black residents drove the city's overall population down despite modest growth within other racial groups and ethnicities. Hispanic and Latino residents saw their number rise from 17,356 to 18,147 over the past decade (a 4.6 percent increase) and they now make up nearly two thirds of the city's population -- 64.5 percent in the new census compared to 58.8 percent 10 years ago.
The data, which the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday (March 8), showed the number of people of one race who identify themselves as black or African-American falling by 30 percent between 2000 and 2010. The city had 6,796 black residents in 2000, but the number dropped to 4,704 in the new census.
Black residents, who made up 23 percent of East Palo Alto's population in 2000, now make up only 16.7 percent of the city, according to the census.
The dramatic drop in the number of black residents drove the city's overall population down despite modest growth within other racial groups and ethnicities. Hispanic and Latino residents saw their number rise from 17,356 to 18,147 over the past decade (a 4.6 percent increase) and they now make up nearly two thirds of the city's population -- 64.5 percent in the new census compared to 58.8 percent 10 years ago.
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I SUPPOSE, that number has CRATERED since this article from 2011. So -- the Bay Area being as developed as it is and CRIMINALLY OVERPRICED -- just isnt kind to small number of blacks living on the peninsula. MOST -- probably relocated to Oakland, Hayward, and Newark ACROSS the bay.
The "big tent" party needs some repairs. And common sense that doesn't seem to exist.