Census Finds Least Diverse Part of Nation
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April 10
America, the melting pot.
Most of it, anyway.
According to the Census Bureau, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire all have mostly white populations — in fact, at least 96 percent of the population of each state is white.
According to John Tucker of the Peace and Justice Center in Burlington, Vt., African-Americans find it hard to live in the states. Tucker said the small number of people with the same background combined with a lack of job opportunities and cultural offerings keep minority populations away.
Breaking the Color Barrier
Tucker, an African-American himself, said being black in Vermont today is like being Jackie Robinson when he broke baseball's color barrier.
"They are evaluated differently," he said. "They're put under great pressure and that certainly happened to Jackie Robinson for the first two years after his entry into baseball."
He said blacks who move to New England are pioneers, much like the baseball great.
"Some of the most courageous people in America are these small black communities that exist in rural outposts, who are trying to pave the way for growing diversity," he said.
One theory for the lack of diversity in the region: northern New England didn't have the same kinds of industries that drew African-American workers from the South in the 1930s and 1940s.
The 10 Whitest States
In all, 10 states are more than 90 percent white, including the three northern New England states, West Virginia, Iowa, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Kentucky and North Dakota.
Maine tops the nation with 96.9 percent of its population described as white, while 96.7 percent of Vermont and 96 percent of New Hampshire are white, according to the census. All three were at least 98 percent white in the 1990 census.
Hawaii, Mississippi, Louisiana, Maryland and Georgia had the smallest percentage of whites, according to the census.
Full results of the 2000 census are being released piecemeal.
ABCNEWS Radio contributed to this report.
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April 10
America, the melting pot.
Most of it, anyway.
According to the Census Bureau, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire all have mostly white populations — in fact, at least 96 percent of the population of each state is white.
According to John Tucker of the Peace and Justice Center in Burlington, Vt., African-Americans find it hard to live in the states. Tucker said the small number of people with the same background combined with a lack of job opportunities and cultural offerings keep minority populations away.
Breaking the Color Barrier
Tucker, an African-American himself, said being black in Vermont today is like being Jackie Robinson when he broke baseball's color barrier.
"They are evaluated differently," he said. "They're put under great pressure and that certainly happened to Jackie Robinson for the first two years after his entry into baseball."
He said blacks who move to New England are pioneers, much like the baseball great.
"Some of the most courageous people in America are these small black communities that exist in rural outposts, who are trying to pave the way for growing diversity," he said.
One theory for the lack of diversity in the region: northern New England didn't have the same kinds of industries that drew African-American workers from the South in the 1930s and 1940s.
The 10 Whitest States
In all, 10 states are more than 90 percent white, including the three northern New England states, West Virginia, Iowa, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Kentucky and North Dakota.
Maine tops the nation with 96.9 percent of its population described as white, while 96.7 percent of Vermont and 96 percent of New Hampshire are white, according to the census. All three were at least 98 percent white in the 1990 census.
Hawaii, Mississippi, Louisiana, Maryland and Georgia had the smallest percentage of whites, according to the census.
Full results of the 2000 census are being released piecemeal.
ABCNEWS Radio contributed to this report.
25 blackest states in usa
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how blaq be yo state? xD
anyway discuss black population distribution in america
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how blaq be yo state? xD
anyway discuss black population distribution in america
Census Finds Least Diverse Part of Nation
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April 10
America, the melting pot.
Most of it, anyway.
According to the Census Bureau, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire all have mostly white populations — in fact, at least 96 percent of the population of each state is white.
According to John Tucker of the Peace and Justice Center in Burlington, Vt., African-Americans find it hard to live in the states. Tucker said the small number of people with the same background combined with a lack of job opportunities and cultural offerings keep minority populations away.
Breaking the Color Barrier
Tucker, an African-American himself, said being black in Vermont today is like being Jackie Robinson when he broke baseball's color barrier.
"They are evaluated differently," he said. "They're put under great pressure and that certainly happened to Jackie Robinson for the first two years after his entry into baseball."
He said blacks who move to New England are pioneers, much like the baseball great.
"Some of the most courageous people in America are these small black communities that exist in rural outposts, who are trying to pave the way for growing diversity," he said.
One theory for the lack of diversity in the region: northern New England didn't have the same kinds of industries that drew African-American workers from the South in the 1930s and 1940s.
The 10 Whitest States
In all, 10 states are more than 90 percent white, including the three northern New England states, West Virginia, Iowa, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Kentucky and North Dakota.
Maine tops the nation with 96.9 percent of its population described as white, while 96.7 percent of Vermont and 96 percent of New Hampshire are white, according to the census. All three were at least 98 percent white in the 1990 census.
Hawaii, Mississippi, Louisiana, Maryland and Georgia had the smallest percentage of whites, according to the census.
Full results of the 2000 census are being released piecemeal.
ABCNEWS Radio contributed to this report.
Sounds good to me. Those states have no Detroits in them. Those states never make the most dangerous places to live. Hmmmmmm wonder what it can be.
Yes there is pressure on the black that move there. Thats because the people that live there don't want it ruined like the black people have ruined every city they have taken over
Show me a news story about a wack nut who kills 37 people, eats them and puts the bones under his porch, and I will show you a story about a White Dude.
Come on BB, you knopw the score dude.
Poor people who live in close quarters, kill each other.
Poor people who live in spread out areas, make meth and have incest.
Poor blacks live in cities
Poor whites live in the rural areas
Come on BB, you knopw the score dude.
Poor people who live in close quarters, kill each other.
Poor people who live in spread out areas, make meth and have incest.
Poor blacks live in cities
Poor whites live in the rural areas
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