Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 2001 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

FRIDAY, APRIL 6,200lj

Indianapolis is still nation’s 16th largest Black community

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By AMOS BROWN III Recorder Correspondent

For the second straight decade. Indianapolis continues as the 16th largest African-Ameri-can community in the nation. The ranking was compiled by The Indianapolis Recorder and Radio One/Indianapolis from newly released 2000 Census data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Not only did Indianapolis' 215,273-strong African-Ameri-can community rank 16th; the city was one of just 16 in the nation with a Black population of 200.000 or more. After the 1980 Census. Indianapolis' Black community

ranked 18th largest in the country, but rose to 16th spot after the 1990 Census. In total population, Indianapolis rose one position to become America’s 12th largest city. The census found that during the past decade, Indianapolis' Black community had the seventh strongest growth rate (26.9 percent) of the country’s 40 biggest Black communities. The Black community with the highest growth rate was Augusta. Ga., (305.4 percent), mainly because the city merged with surrounding Richmond County. Next was Charlotte, N.C., (43.3 percent) followed by Jacksonville. Fla.. (36.3 percent), Columbus, Ohio, (29.7

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percent), Nashville, Tenn., (.27.7 percent), Montgomery, Ala., (27.5 percent), then Indianapolis. New York City continued as the city with the largest Afri-can-American community (2,274,049). The others in the top 10 are Chicago (1,084,221), Detroit (787,687), Philadelphia (672,162), Houston (505,101), Los Angeles (444,635), Baltimore (424,449), Memphis (402,367), Washington, D.C. (350,455) and New Orleans (329,171). The five Black communities ranked just above Indianapolis are: Dallas (314,678), Atlanta (258,610), Cleveland (249,192), Milwaukee (230,503) and Jacksonville (218,451). Nine of the 40 largest Afri-can-American communities declined in population during the decade. They were Los Angeles, Baltimore, Washington, Atlanta, St. Louis, Newark, Oakland, Pittsburgh, and Miami. These rankings were compiled by The Recorder and Radio One/Indianapolis from 2000 Census data for persons who indicated they were Afri-can-American/Black either singly or in combination with another race(s). The detailed rankings and other detailed information from the 2000 Census on Indianapolis and how our community compares to the nation will be contained in a new book “Profile of the Indianapolis African-American Community — 2000” to be published by Radio One/Indianapolis later this summer. Correction

The letter, “Wake up, before you are canceled,” in The Recorder issued on March 30th was written by Pat Payne and not Kenneth Brown as printed. We apologize for any inconvenience this error caused.

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