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According to 2021 US Census Bureau American Community Survey one-year estimates, which is conducted annually for cities over 65,000 via sampling, the population of Chicago, Illinois was 36.1% White (32.9% Non-Hispanic White and 3.2% Hispanic White), 28.5% Black or African American, 6.9% Asian, 1.1% Native American and Alaskan Native, 0.1% ...
A report from the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) indicated that between 2012-2016, 5 of the top 10 municipalities nationwide (with at least 500 Black households) registering the highest Black homeownership rates were Chicago suburbs - including Olympia Fields (98%), South Holland (85%), Flossmoor (83%), Matteson (80%), and ...
The table below shows the percentage of free blacks as a percentage of the total black population in various U.S. regions and U.S. states between 1790 and 1860 (the blank areas on the chart below mean that there is no data for those specific regions or states in those specific years). [citation needed]
In Mississippi, 31.1% of Black Americans live in poverty — the third-highest rate for the racial group behind just Iowa and Louisiana. According to Rush, the mishandling of federal funds has ...
Poverty rates have also plunged during that time, dropping from 13.3% to around 3.5% after adjusting for inflation. But the decrease is due to the corresponding expansion of government benefits ...
From the period between 2004 and 2006 the episodic poverty rate was 22.6% for non-Hispanic whites, 44.5% for Blacks, and 45.8% for Hispanics. [42] Blacks and Hispanics experience rates of episodic poverty that are nearly double the rates of non-Hispanic whites.
Residents say they feel that the city is prioritizing asylum seekers over their underserved communities.
African Americans have significantly contributed to the history, culture, and development of Illinois since the early 18th century. The African American presence dates back to the French colonial era where the French brought black slaves to the U.S. state of Illinois early in its history, [3] and spans periods of slavery, migration, civil rights movement, and more.