tigranes5 t1_j698xhs wrote
I grew up in the Richmond area. I don't read any of the journals or surveys people are referencing. In the 1970s and 80s Richmond was a black majority city. Beginning in the late 1990s waves of people started moving here from NOVA and NY. Today Richmond is no longer a black majority city. Coincidence???
Charlesinrichmond t1_j69vbv0 wrote
Per last I checked the census Black population is more or less the same, but white population has skyrocketed. And we are still black plurality.
That said, I do think most of the growth in the city is white, and so we will probably be majority white soon. And the census might be missing some of the black population moving out, though it usually undercounts low income population
smokeWeedles t1_j6d43iw wrote
Yes, a decrease of roughly 7k black residents in 20 years, and Richmond's changing demographics are a bit more nuanced than black and white. In the last 20 years, the asian population has doubled, the % of foreign-born residents has nearly doubled, and the hispanic population has nearly tripled (with "Hispanic(white)") driving around a third of richmond's white population growth (roughly 10k out of the 30k increase in white ppl over 20 years, in the city proper).
Also, kind of odd to pick NY and Nova, two of the most ethnically diverse places in the country, as the scapegoats for a perceived wave of white (non-hispanic) migration
Charlesinrichmond t1_j6fhbkt wrote
asian in area is big, though mainly west Henrico it feels like.
Hispanic population in the city is WAY bigger than counted of course. It's not a group that is excited to go on govt paperwork for all sorts of reasons. And a slightly regrettable but understandable tendency to pack epic numbers of people into a house.
opienandm OP t1_j69g9eg wrote
Blacks are still the majority. You need to check your facts.
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