23 percent of african american population was in the united states.
23 percent of african american population was in the united states.
percent of african american population in the united states?
23 percent
bullet::::- only large county where the median household income of african american households exceeds that of white households. queens, new york city. percent african american: 20%; median household income among blacks; $51,836. percent white: 44%; median household income among whites; $50,960.









































section::::population in excess of 200,000.









































bullet::::- highest median household income. plano, texas. median household income: $78,722; population: 222,030.









































section::::population in excess of 200,000.:race.









































bullet::::- highest percentage of african americans: detroit, michigan. percent african american: 81.6; population: 951,270.









































bullet::::- highest percentage of asians: honolulu, hawaii. percent asian: 55.8; population: 371,657.
places in the united states with notable demographic characteristics
according to the 2009 american community survey, african americans made up over one-third (34.2%) of brooklyn's population. there are over 877,000 african americans residing in brooklyn. the historical african american cultural center of the borough has long been bedford-stuyvesant; african americans became a majority in bedford-stuyvesant in the 1930s following the construction of the a line subway between harlem and bedford. as a result, bedford stuyvesant, which is in the northern section of brooklyn was an extension of harlem's black community as well as brooklyn's earliest first established large african american community, although some of their population did intermix into other surrounding neighborhoods which were then heavily dominated jewish and italian communities including some germans in bushwick, fort greene, ocean-hill, brownsville and east new york during the early part of 20th century. neighborhoods surrounding bedford-stuyvesant in northern, central and north eastern sections of brooklyn such as ocean hill, brownsville, canarsie, east flatbush, crown heights, prospect lefferts gardens, east new york, spring creek and fort greene, which were still dominantly jewish and italian communities along with some irish and germans and continued to surround bedford stuyvesant's large african american community until the 1950s-70s also began to get large influxes of african americans starting in the 1950s until the 1970s as large numbers of african americans continued to move into brooklyn with their desire to be near bedford stuyvesant's african american community and eventually they all also transitioned into majority african american communities by the 1980s-2000s with a portion of crown heights that has still remained jewish, however there are also large caribbean/west indian black communities intermixed in, which most of them are in east flatbush, canarsie and a portion of crown heights. after bedford stuyvesant, which was once mostly populated by upper class europeans, jewish, and italians became the first brooklyn area to become a majority african american neighborhood during the 1930s-40s, nearby neighborhoods going further northeast of brooklyn such as ocean-hill, brownsville and east new york sections including a portion of crown heights just below bedford stuyvesant, which were all formerly majority jewish and italian neighborhoods until the 1960s were the next following areas to transition into african american communities, which started happening in the 1950s, but it was more towards the late 1960s and early 1970s when they fully became majority african american communities. east flatbush and prospect lefferts gardens, which are located in the central portion of brooklyn just south of bedford stuyvesant and crown heights and were majority italian/jewish/irish neighborhoods until the early 1970s became the later sections to become majority african american and west indian/caribbean black communities, which the transition happened more towards the mid 1970s to 1980s. canarsie, which is located in the far eastern portion, but upper middle of brooklyn below east new york and east of east flatbush in northeast brooklyn was mainly a jewish and italian majority neighborhood until the 1990s was the final large neighborhood in northern brooklyn to become a majority african american and west indian/caribbean black community by the mid 1990s-2000s. as a result, most of the northern half of brooklyn is dominated by african american including caribbean black communities clustered all together although there is still a jewish enclave in a portion of crown heights now overwhelmingly surrounded by brooklyn's majority african american and west indian/caribbean neighborhoods and as well as there are still significant scattered numbers of european americans in spring creek's majority african american enclave, however the very northern sections of brooklyn such as bushwick, cypress hills and a portion of east new york are primarily latino communities and north west sections of brooklyn such as williamsburg, green point, cobble hill, downtown brooklyn, brooklyn heights, carroll gardens, park slope are still mainly european american communities with a large latino community in east williamsburg and some latinos intermixed in carroll gardens/park slope/gowanus until this day, although they have become a lot more gentrified now. red hook, which is in the western northern part of brooklyn at the very western tip by the ocean also has a significant african american population, however it is a little bit distant away about a mile or more from most of the predominant african american communities of brooklyn since red hook is surrounded by predominantly european american, now very gentrified communities of northwest brooklyn. in the very southern tip of brooklyn, coney island also has a significant african american population, which is a lot more far away from most of the dominantly african american neighborhoods in northern brooklyn since the southern half of brooklyn is still mostly european american communities largely jewish and italian, but also with eastern europeans and greeks and now also more recently emerged asian american communities, mainly chinese with some southeast asians. together all these predominantly black neighborhoods have a population of about 940,000 and are roughly 82% african american, making it the largest african-american community in the united states. the roads of eastern parkway, malcolm x boulevard, kings highway, broadway, atlantic avenue, linden boulevard, flatlands avenue and jackie robinson parkway connect several of these neighborhoods. however, due to recent years of gentrification going on in these areas particularly fort greene, bedford stuyvesant, crown heights and flatbush, the african american communities have been declining as the high income professional white population residents have been soaring largely in these areas since the 2000s.
demographics of brooklyn