Maps show racial breakdown of American cities

[monster]

Originally Posted by monster

Hamtramck was where I thought initially because of all the Polish culture there, but when i tried to map it, that was showing as the area to the east of the "white" blob. But I bow to your superior knowledge -I'm too scared to go to Detroit

So this came up at lunch today and I mentioned this thread, and my friend who works in Hamtramck said it has been predominantly muslim for the last generation. The Polish have moved out and only the (Packzi) bakeries remain. The call to prayer is the predominant sound feature in the district.

Can't remember how the racial dots were divided/defined, but as muslim is a religion not a race, could still be that's what's causing the blob. They ain't black. In the main.

[xoxoxoBruce]

The 2000 census for Hamtramck
Polish 22.9%
Black or African American 15.1%
Yugoslav 10.5%
Arab (Excluding Iraqi and Lebanese) 8.2%
Asian Indian 5.4%
Ukrainian 3.2%
German 2.9%
Albanian 2.8%
Bangladeshi 2.7%
Irish 2.2%
Italian 1.8%
Russia 1.4%
American 1.1%
French (except Basque) 0.8%
Lebanese 0.7%
Scottish 0.7%
Mexican 0.6%
Pakistani 0.6%
Macedonian 0.5%
Iraqi 0.5%

[monster]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The 2000 census for Hamtramck
Polish 22.9%
Black or African American 15.1%
Yugoslav 10.5%
Arab (Excluding Iraqi and Lebanese) 8.2%
Asian Indian 5.4%
Ukrainian 3.2%
German 2.9%
Albanian 2.8%
Bangladeshi 2.7%
Irish 2.2%
Italian 1.8%
Russia 1.4%
American 1.1%
French (except Basque) 0.8%
Lebanese 0.7%
Scottish 0.7%
Mexican 0.6%
Pakistani 0.6%
Macedonian 0.5%
Iraqi 0.5%

Which just goes to show how meaningless it all is. I wonder if the 2.2% Irish were actually born there?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Well that was 2000, and in 2004 they passed an ordinance in response to the broadcasting of mosque prayer calls, so the 2010 results would be interesting to see.

[Pete Zicato]

The originals are huge images, but they give very detailed information.

http://www.radicalcartography.net/in...ml?chicagodots

[xoxoxoBruce]

Do you know where to find the large images of the other cities?

[Pete Zicato]

The Chicago one is the original, done by Rankin in 2009. The rest are by Eric Fischer, who was inspired by the Rankin map of Chicago.

You can find the Fischer group here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walking...674967/detail/

Click on the map you're interested in, then Actions/All Sizes.