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Fewer Whites Fleeing the City, Census Finds
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John Del Signore
Published Sep 23, 2008
Modified Sep 23, 2008
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High five, bro: White people are making a big comeback in New York! Census figures show that the number of whites has increased in recent years, reversing a half century of white flight to the suburbs. Also, the Census Bureau found the number of Hispanic immigrants dipped last year for the first time in decades, and that's partly because they're the ones fleeing to the suburbs, in search of cheaper housing and better schools. According to the survey, Hispanic New Yorkers now account for 27% of the population, while the proportion of blacks declined to 23.5% in 2007. Asians make up 12% of New Yorkers and they were the fastest-growing group in the city until last year, when non-Hispanic whites grew faster, to over 35%. But white might not be the new black for long: As one Queens College professor points out to the Times, “a lot of the non-Hispanic whites are plainly associated with the financial community.”
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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