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Race and Ethnicity By City Compiled From the US Census
Flickr ^ | 10/11/2010 | Bill Rankin

Posted on 10/10/2010 9:37:26 PM PDT by Dallas59



Linky Here to Maps of Other Cities


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Education
KEYWORDS: census; race
I was astounded by Bill Rankin's map of Chicago's racial and ethnic divides and wanted to see what other cities looked like mapped the same way. To match his map, Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, Orange is Hispanic, Gray is Other, and each dot is 25 people. Data from Census 2000.

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1 posted on 10/10/2010 9:37:32 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59
Poorly done. The gray is very hard to see.

Almost as if he meant to hide it, or what it implies.

2 posted on 10/10/2010 9:43:38 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
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To: Dallas59

What is the color code for ‘American’?


3 posted on 10/10/2010 9:44:53 PM PDT by Hoodat ( .For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: Hoodat

According to the Kenyan usurper: “Does not compute”!


4 posted on 10/10/2010 9:56:02 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Hoodat

Excellent. Thanks.


5 posted on 10/10/2010 9:56:20 PM PDT by garyhope (It's World War IV, rig ht here, right now, courtesy of Islam and illegal immigration.)
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To: Dallas59
Predictions For Harry Reid And Nancy Pelosi's New White House Positions...

Missionary?

6 posted on 10/10/2010 10:07:59 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (11/2/10-Obama: Close your eyes and think of Kenya)
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To: Hoodat

Gray.

They aren’t playing the racial allegiance game.


7 posted on 10/10/2010 10:08:47 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
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To: Dallas59
Predictions For Harry Reid And Nancy Pelosi's New White House Positions...

Missionary?

8 posted on 10/10/2010 10:09:57 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (11/2/10-Obama: Close your eyes and think of Kenya)
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To: Dallas59

So does this mean we should avoid the “blue” areas? Especially at midnight? (cough)


9 posted on 10/10/2010 10:10:35 PM PDT by max americana (Hoax and Chains, Dopeychangey)
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To: Dallas59

Great link. Thanks. I am a white guy in So Cal and it’s surprising to see there are more white people here than it seems.


10 posted on 10/10/2010 10:23:59 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: Dallas59

On the Tucson map there’s 50 people claiming home in an active cement quarry.


11 posted on 10/10/2010 10:47:28 PM PDT by Old Flat Toad (Pima County, home of the single vehicle accident with 40 victims.)
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To: Dallas59

I was looking at these racial demographic maps several weeks ago. The most interesting aspect was where racial neighborhoods abut.

Generalizing, caucasian and hispanic areas blur together. Black and white areas too though to a lesser degree. But note how sharp and distinct the boundary lines tend to be between black and hispanic zones.


12 posted on 10/11/2010 1:09:03 AM PDT by tlb
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To: tlb; Dallas59

Here’s the map for Oakland/Berkeley, CA:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/4981425631/in/set-72157624812674967/

The comments that follow this page are interesting. Some people (college age?) seem to be apologizing for having lived in “less diverse” neighborhoods in the past.

The blue areas on this map clearly show SF/Hunters Point, Richmond, West Oakland, and the Oakland “flatlands” (all high crime areas).


13 posted on 10/11/2010 1:20:33 AM PDT by thecodont
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To: Mike Darancette

>> Missionary?

My prediction would be “doggie”. Nancy on top. Strapon.


14 posted on 10/11/2010 5:03:49 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: MrEdd

Specifically gray appears to be unpopulated (O’Hare and Midway airports). I’m guessing white is very low population? Is that chunk south of Midway really that sparse?

I agree these maps are poorly done.


15 posted on 10/11/2010 6:18:26 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: MrEdd

It might be that gray has an “explanation” while white does not. It looks like the population maps were overlaid with airport, park, and street layers. That white chunk south of midway looks to be a railway yard.


16 posted on 10/11/2010 6:30:30 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Old Flat Toad

Is the entire census block the cement quarry?

It could just be that Rankin’s program randomly generates a dot within the census block. I suppose it wouldn’t work to try to tell me where the two dots are.

Are there any good free websites now that geocities folded? I think I could make something better than this.


17 posted on 10/11/2010 2:11:04 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Dallas59

Thanks for the link.

It appears people like to have neighbors who look like them and share the same values.


18 posted on 10/11/2010 2:28:02 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane

We are still free in America to live where we want to.....


19 posted on 10/11/2010 2:31:52 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: scrabblehack

He’s got two red dots right on what used to be Twin Peaks. Nothing at the end of that road but the quarry.


20 posted on 10/11/2010 7:51:22 PM PDT by Old Flat Toad (Pima County, home of the single vehicle accident with 40 victims.)
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