According to the US Census Bureau in 2007 there were 40.7 million Blacks in America of the total population of 301.6 million. The black population exceeded 500,000 in 20 states. Blacks were the largest minority group in 24 states, compared with 20 states in which Hispanics were the largest minority group.
By the 1990s middle class Black America was well established as a separate community and was no longer forced to live with lower income Blacks. Communities such as South Dekalb (Atlanta), Prince George’s County (DC/MD), and Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles) sprung up across the country and are still growing today.
Southeast DeKalb County, GA is Americas second largest black middle class community.
As of the 2000 Census, the Dallas Fort Worth metro Black population was 729,772 making it the ninth largest Black metro in the nation. Since then the area has gained more than 150,000 additional African Americans, bringing the Black population to 881,930 in 2007.
Black Middle-Class Dallas
Dallas has a large and growing Black middle-class. This is evident by the number of Black families now enjoying home ownership in the area. Much of the Black population is educated and highly skilled. Although Dallas is not known for its Black entrepreneurship there are several thousand Black owned business and hundreds of top African American executives.
The results of this Growing Black elite can be seen in the majority Black southern Dallas suburbs as well as other areas around the Metroplex. They are building beautiful landscaped developments and demanding the best education for their children. Blacks in Dallas are developing a black Mecca of their own and are soon to change the African American community here forever.
Baltimore has always had a significant African American population. Even though Maryland was a slave state, Baltimore had a larger Black free population than that of the slaves. Baltimores proximity to Washington DC puts it in the same market commercially. It also makes the combined Black population the second largest in the US after New York City with 2.2 million combined. The city itself is steep in Black culture and home to three Historically Black Schools: Morgan State University, Coppin State University and Sojourner Douglas. According to the Census Bureau - 2007 American Community Survey, the income for in the past 12 months the median household income was calculated at $63,699 (vs. $34,169 for Black USA overall).
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