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African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska, are central to the development and growth of the 43rd largest city in the United States.While population statistics show almost constantly increasing percentages of Black people living in the city since it was founded in 1854, [1] Black people in Omaha have not been represented equitably in the city's political, social, cultural, economic or educational ...
The presence of several black people, probably enslaved, was recorded in the area comprising North Omaha today when Major Stephen H. Long's expedition arrived at Fort Lisa in September 1819. They reportedly lived at the post and in neighboring farmsteads. [9] The first free black person in Nebraska was Sally Bayne, who moved to Omaha in 1854.
2 African-American proportion of state and territory populations (1790–2020) Toggle African-American proportion of state and territory populations (1790–2020) subsection 2.1 Free blacks as a percentage out of the total black population by U.S. region and U.S. state between 1790 and 1860
North Omaha is a community area in Omaha, Nebraska, ... the African-American population in Omaha was estimated at 52,273 or 13.1 percent of the city's total ...
The 2003 revision to metropolitan area definitions was accompanied by the creation of micropolitan areas and combined statistical areas. Fremont, in Dodge County, Nebraska, was designated a micropolitan area. The Omaha–Fremont Combined Statistical Area has a population of 1,058,125 (2020 estimate).
It suffered with the loss of industrial jobs in the 1960s and, later, the shifting of population west of the city. The commercial area is now the center of the African-American community, concentrated in North Omaha. [140] The African American community has maintained its social and religious base, while it is experiencing an economic ...
This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.
North Omaha is a community area north of downtown Omaha with a rich historical, architectural, and religious legacy, particularly for the city's African American population. South Omaha is a community area encompassing many neighborhoods south of downtown Omaha which historically has been home to Omaha's Eastern European immigrant population ...