Criteria to be considered "Black Mecca" (living, cost, rates)

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by Red John

African American and/or Black Population (Alone), 2014:
01. New York CSA: 3,822,290
02. Washington DC/Baltimore CSA: 2,404,349
03. Atlanta CSA: 1,978,552
04. Chicago CSA: 1,640,565
05. Philadelphia CSA: 1,407,856
06. Miami/Fort Lauderdale CSA: 1,351,426
07. Los Angeles CSA: 1,216,219
08. Houston CSA: 1,149,317
09. Detroit CSA: 1,090,897
10. Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex CSA: 1,082,015
11. Memphis CSA: 633,058
12. Charlotte CSA: 552,099
13. Virginia Beach/Norfolk CSA: 550,669
14. Cleveland CSA: 534,621
15. San Francisco Bay Area CSA: 524,338
16. Saint Louis CSA: 518,021
17. Boston CSA: 514,774
18. New Orleans CSA: 493,457
19. Raleigh-Durham CSA: 473,382
20. Orlando CSA: 454,123
21. Richmond MSA: 374,684
22. Birmingham CSA: 357,713
23. Tampa MSA: 349,288
24. Greensboro/Winston-Salem CSA: 344,186
25. Jacksonville CSA: 332,915
26. Columbus CSA: 304,362
27. Indianapolis CSA: 303,492
28. Milwaukee CSA: 287,941
29. Minneapolis/Saint Paul CSA: 281,731
30. Nashville CSA: 279,545
31. Kansas City CSA: 275,982
32. Cincinnati CSA: 266,294
33. Greenville CSA: 259,850
34. San Juan (Puerto Rico) CSA: 252,345
35. Las Vegas CSA: 233,355
36. Phoenix MSA: 227,557
37. Seattle CSA: 220,188
38. Pittsburgh CSA: 205,134
39. Louisville CSA: 195,980
40. Sacramento CSA: 168,923
41. San Diego MSA: 161,603
42. Denver CSA: 160,018
43. San Antonio MSA: 156,456
44. Austin MSA: 145,071
45. Oklahoma City CSA: 142,059
46. Buffalo CSA: 141,225
47. Rochester CSA: 128,436
48. Harrisburg CSA: 86,875
49. Tulsa CSA: 86,423
50. Albany CSA: 74,102
51. Portland CSA: 69,711
52. Omaha CSA: 69,519
53. Fresno CSA: 55,282
54. Bakersfield MSA: 46,940
55. El Paso CSA: 36,277
56. Tucson CSA: 34,237
57. Salt Lake City CSA: 30,149
58. Honolulu MSA: 26,916
59. Albuquerque CSA: 23,682

Mixed African American and/or Black Population, 2014:
01. New York CSA: 4,126,369
02. Washington DC/Baltimore CSA: 2,557,570
03. Atlanta CSA: 2,048,617
04. Chicago CSA: 1,737,046
05. Philadelphia CSA: 1,524,329
06. Los Angeles CSA: 1,422,660
07. Miami/Fort Lauderdale CSA: 1,421,505
08. Houston CSA: 1,202,912
09. Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex CSA: 1,168,648
10. Detroit CSA: 1,160,916
11. Memphis CSA: 646,886
12. Boston CSA: 645,042
13. San Francisco Bay Area CSA: 642,456
14. Charlotte CSA: 590,261
15. Cleveland CSA: 589,982
16. Virginia Beach/Norfolk CSA: 584,850
17. Saint Louis CSA: 546,302
18. New Orleans CSA: 508,441
19. Raleigh-Durham CSA: 504,557
20. Orlando CSA: 490,932
21. Richmond MSA: 395,844
22. San Juan (Puerto Rico) CSA: 395,631
23. Tampa MSA: 387,273
24. Birmingham CSA: 369,340
25. Greensboro/Winston-Salem CSA: 359,922
26. Jacksonville CSA: 353,657
27. Columbus CSA: 349,083
28. Minneapolis/Saint Paul CSA: 333,532
29. Indianapolis CSA: 331,274
30. Kansas City CSA: 313,785
31. Seattle CSA: 311,249
32. Milwaukee CSA: 309,882
33. Nashville CSA: 299,819
34. Cincinnati CSA: 289,857
35. Phoenix MSA: 280,963
36. Las Vegas CSA: 267,673
37. Greenville CSA: 276,454
38. Pittsburgh CSA: 242,023
39. Louisville CSA: 222,087
40. Sacramento CSA: 211,934
41. San Diego MSA: 207,310
42. Denver CSA: 192,746
43. San Antonio MSA: 183,599
44. Oklahoma City CSA: 168,697
45. Austin MSA: 163,960
46. Buffalo CSA: 157,072
47. Rochester CSA: 145,327
48. Tulsa CSA: 106,193
49. Portland CSA: 103,638
50. Harrisburg CSA: 103,632
51. Albany CSA: 94,744
52. Omaha CSA: 83,384
53. Fresno CSA: 65,579
54. Bakersfield MSA: 57,661
55. Tucson CSA: 48,098
56. Salt Lake City CSA: 43,634
57. Honolulu MSA: 42,964
58. El Paso CSA: 41,632
59. Albuquerque CSA: 32,282

I know this lists the Black population of the largest CSAs, but there are smaller CSAs with larger Black populations out there. I know you know this, but didn't want to leave it unsaid.

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

Updated creative class totals.

New York - 80,350 (5.6%)
Washington - 67,675 (9.6%)
Atlanta - 48,615 (6.5%)
Chicago - 35,015 (5.6%)
Los Angeles - 31,570 (8.3%)
Houston - 25,999 (6.0%)
Dallas - 24,680 (6.1%)
Philadelphia - 22,919 (4.8%)
Miami - 19,240 (4.0%)
Detroit - 17,194 (5.1%)
Bay Area - 14,801 (8.8%)
Boston - 10,369 (7.0%)

Note that the difference between DC and Atlanta here is Miami's entire Black creative class community.

[Spade]

12. Boston CSA: 645,042

I know it's out of 8 million for its CSA but this is way higher than I thought.

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

Note that the difference between DC and Atlanta here is Miami's entire Black creative class community.

Are these the percentages of the total black working population? Sorry if I'm asking a question that's already been answered.

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

Are these the percentages of the total black working population? Sorry if I'm asking a question that's already been answered.

Yes. It's the percentage of the Black civilian employed workforce.

[Mutiny77]

What are the homeownership stats for these metros?

[ckhthankgod]

Back to the predominately Black census tract with a median household income above the state figure, here is such info for Los Angeles(state median HH income is $61,094): Census Tract 543304 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 543322 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 543321 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 602700 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 276100 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 601301 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 703002 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 703100 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 235100 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 703200 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 236000 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 600703 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 600601 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 600501 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 600702 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 234200 in Los Angeles County, California

Census Tract 219500 in Los Angeles County, California

There were some that just missed either way as well. Here are some for the Bay Area: Census Tract 407700 in Alameda County, California

Census Tract 980600 in San Francisco County, California (?)

Census Tract 409900 in Alameda County, California

Again, there are quite a few in the Bay Area that just miss either, especially around that last census tract, which I believe is the most affluent mostly Black census tract in California.

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

What are the homeownership stats for these metros?

Excellent question. I was already working on that.

Owner Occupied (Black or African American)

Washington - 49.8%
Philadelphia - 47.9%
Atlanta - 46.7%
Miami - 42.8%
Houston - 42.0%
Detroit - 41.4%
Chicago - 39.8%
Dallas - 37.4%
Los Angeles - 33.8%
Boston - 31.8%
Bay Area - 31.2%
New York - 31.2%

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

Yes. It's the percentage of the Black civilian employed workforce.

Wow! Those are low percentages.

What is the white percentage of DC, for example?

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

Wow! Those are low percentages.

What is the white percentage of DC, for example?

Yeah, they are. In an organization of 500 people, 10 to 15 Black people is pretty normal.

I don't know the White percentage. Suffice it to say that it is much, much higher. My guess would be around 45%-50%.

Edit: A quick tabulation of non-Hispanic White physicians, accountants, lawyers, financial managers and analysts, civil engineers, web developers and architects made up 10.7% of the non-Hispanic White civilian employed population.