Oakland, CA African American Population Declining!!!

According to Newsone, the U.S. census data shows that Oakland's African American population has declined by 25% in the last 10 years!!

The statistic has shocked many who view Oakland as a historic African American city in this country for decades. This is a community where the Black Panther Party sprung from its roots and many African American legends call home.

Oakland became one of the only big cities in California to decline in size, and lost 33,000 African Americans in the last decade. It now has nearly as many white and Latino people as African Americans.


But Oakland isn’t alone as other majority African American cities like D.C. are declining as well. In the recent census, D.C.’s Black population has declined. Studies also predict that D.C. won’t be a majority Black city come 2014. WOW!!!!




Most of the growth in African American cities is happening in the south in cities like: Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Dallas and Charlotte. These cities have accounted for 75 percent of the total Black growth in the south.



What do you all think of this??