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Pages in category "Majority-minority counties and independent cities in Virginia" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The demographics of Virginia are the various elements used to describe the population of the Commonwealth of Virginia and are studied by various government and non-government organizations. Virginia is the 12th-most populous state in the United States with over 8 million residents [ 2 ] and is the 35th largest in area.
As of 2011, minority births (children under age 1) are the majority among births nationwide. [10] As of 2017, minority children comprise the majority among children in fourteen states: the six that are already majority-minority, plus the following eight: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, Delaware, Alaska, New York, and Mississippi. [11]
Majority-minority districts may be created to avoid or remedy violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965's prohibitions on drawing redistricting plans that diminish the ability of a racial or language minority to elect its candidates of choice. In some instances, majority-minority districts may result from affirmative racial gerrymandering ...
By KIMBERLY HEFLING and JESSE J. HOLLAND KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) - For the first time, U.S. public schools are projected this fall to have more minority students than non-Hispanic whites, a shift ...
The largest minority group in Virginia are Blacks and African Americans, about one-fifth of the population. [191] Virginia was a major destination of the Atlantic slave trade . The Igbo ethnic group of what is now southern Nigeria were the largest African group among slaves in Virginia. [ 197 ]
Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, [1] it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area, and the most populous location in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
The league established The post Hiring minority coaches in the NFL comes down to owners appeared first on TheGrio. No matter how much the NFL pushes teams to hire minority coaches, owners have the ...