- White people are now in a minority in almost half of
America's 100 biggest cities, according to figures from the 2000 census
published yesterday.
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- Although the great metropolitan centres such as New York,
Los Angeles and Chicago have long been ethnic melting pots, smaller and
more traditionally European-American cities have joined the list of places
where blacks, Hispanics and Asians combine to outnumber whites.
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- They include Boston, where the white population
has fallen
from 59 per cent in 1990 to 49.5 per cent. The city where the sitcom Cheers
was set - a programme without a leading black character - was famed more
for its Irish culture. But it is a typical example of the changing ethnic
face of urban America.
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- Another traditionally white city where people of European
origin are now in the minority is Milwaukee, home of the Harley-Davidson
motorcycle, Miller Lite beer and the clean-cut all-American
lifestyle popularised
in the children's television programme Happy Days. There, the
white proportion
of the city has dropped from 61 per cent in 1990 to 45 per cent.
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- Sacramento, the capital of California (53-40),
Philadelphia
(52-42) and San Diego (59-49) are also now majority black and Hispanic
cities. Anaheim, California, has dropped from a 57 per cent white
population
to only 36 per cent. The census figures show that 18 cities changed status
from majority white to minority white, leaving only 52 "white"
cities in the largest 100.
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- Overall, out of a population of 58.4 million in the 100
largest cities, only 43 out of every 100 people are "non-Hispanic
white". Ten years ago that figure was 52 out of 100. The change is
largely attributable to an enormous growth in Hispanic populations; the
percentage of blacks living in urban areas has actually slightly
dropped.
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- There were 19 cities which would have showed an overall
drop in population were it not for dramatic increases in
Hispanics, including
Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas and Minneapolis. Experts say the figures partly
reflect the accelerated trend in the early 1990s for white people to move
from cities to the suburbs.
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