Number of black children in Atlanta drops 27% in 10 years
Some interesting data from the Associated Press:
Last year’s census found that the number of black, non-Hispanic children living in New York City had fallen by 22.4 percent in 10 years. In raw numbers, that meant 127,058 fewer black kids living in the city of Jay Z and Spike Lee, even as the number of black adults grew slightly.
The same pattern has repeated from coast to coast. Los Angeles saw a 31.8 percent decline in its population of black children, far surpassing the 6.9 percent drop in black adults. The number of black children in Atlanta fell by 27 percent. It was down 31 percent in Chicago and 37.6 percent in Detroit. Oakland, Calif. saw a drop of 42.3 percent, an exodus that fell only 6 percentage points below the decline in flood-ravaged New Orleans.
Overall, the census found nearly a half-million fewer black children living in the 25 largest U.S. cities than there were a decade earlier. By comparison, the number of black adults living in big cities has hardly budged.
Demographics experts said a combination of factors appeared to be at work. Americans in general are having fewer children than they once did, due mostly to increased use of birth control. That has been true, too, among black mothers. Teen pregnancy rates among blacks have also plummeted.
But the more significant trend, experts said, may be a migration by young black parents to the suburbs.
The future of politics in Atlanta, and its suburbs, is already being written.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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A Conservative Voice
July 1st, 2011
8:56 am
@pete
June 30th, 2011
4:46 pm
As a former news editor, it seems to me like he was given an assignment and took the lazy reporter’s way out…cut and past an AP story and write two short sentences.
To pete – Pete, there are NO, I repeat NO reporters left at the AJC. True, there are people employed there who try to imitate reporters, but they are lousy imitators.
Concerned property owner
July 1st, 2011
9:13 am
Yes, they are moving to the suburbs and surrounding areas. Just look at how every part of the areas surrounding Atlanta has changed demographically over the past 20 years. The black, Hispanic, and Muslim birthrate has FAR surpassed that of Caucasians. There are many more parts of town that you simply do not go to now and would definitely not live and raise a family in.
The majority of the major urban cities, including Atlanta, are populated and controlled by minorities, and it shows. Unfortunately, this group as a whole tends to be very Liberal and vote for Democrats. They vote and put their politicians in office, and we have to live with the negative results. We are in the midst of a culture war that I believe we may lose, at least until our economy is crippled. It’s not about race any more, it’s about culture, work ethic, and philosophical view points. I heard it say that you are either a “Producer, a Moocher, or a Looter,” and we know that most minorities and the Democrat party are indeed “Moochers” in that a much higher percentage of their numbers benefit from programs and subsidies paid by the rest of those who do produce. This idea of “social equality” and wealth redistribution has to be quashed, or we are all will be in a worse position financially than we are now.
Another Cynic
July 1st, 2011
9:36 am
@MiltonMan
WOW…. As a father you should be ashamed of yourself. Disgusting. You have every right to pick a fight with an adult, but shame on you for picking on and ridiculing the school kids at GHS or any other institution in Atlanta. Who cares if they didn’t win a mock trial competition at the national level? We should be proud that these kids are trying their best and competing despite the unfortunate circumstances that many of these kids were born into. Too many of these kids get distracted and wind up on the streets committing the crimes that everyone on this blog is talking about. Remember…none of these kids had the option to choose their parents!
You have every right to be proud of your hard work and your son’s personal accomplishments… but be an adult and leave the less fortunate kids out of the discussion. Your assumption that these kids are ONLY winning scholarships because of their “need” is false.
Bill
July 1st, 2011
10:47 am
Miton Man,
Go back and read my comment. I did not say “most” of the crime is committed outside of Atlanta. However, if you consider that there are several million people in the metro area, and only 500,000 in Atlanta that seems reasonable.
Grady’s mock trial team won at the national level last year.
Until quite recently, Grady was a communications magnet. No, they are not know for math and science.
Sorry MM, you do not get into Ivy League schools, or West Point based on need. Need might affect financial aid, but not admissions.
I do agree with you that there are some very good schools in North Fulton. I was merely trying to point out that there are some very good schools within Atlanta as well.
Bill
July 1st, 2011
10:49 am
Milton Man,
Once again, you are twisting someones comments. Jason did NOT say that people in ATL are wealthier than those in North Fulton, Forsyth, etc.
Jason said that the average income in Atlanta has been rising for a decade.
Bill
July 1st, 2011
10:53 am
Conservative,
“we know that most minorities and the Democrat party are indeed “Moochers” in that a much higher percentage of their numbers benefit from programs and subsidies paid by the rest of those who do produce.”
How exactly do we know this? Are you forgetting about the corporate welfare that republicans defend so vigorously?
“This idea of “social equality” and wealth redistribution has to be quashed, or we are all will be in a worse position financially than we are now.”
Wealth redistribution has been continuing for 40 years now. Unfortunately, wealth has been redistributed from the bottom and the middle to the top.
Another Cynic
July 1st, 2011
11:09 am
FYI…. just noticed the kids from Grady won the state championship (Jonesboro runner-up) and finished in 3rd place at the national mock trials in 2010. I guess they didn’t win it all so their accomplishments should be discredited?! (Congratulations to the hard working kids from both Jonesboro and Grady High Schools for representing Georgia in a positive manner).
SpaceyG on Twitter
July 1st, 2011
1:50 pm
Oh good grief. All this silly drama over the hardcore fact (could someone not have looked it up?) that AHA took down pretty much ALL of COA’s housing projects and created, well, what I’m still not exactly sure. Mostly a voucher program to the ‘burbs, I think. (Not just Clayton County, BTW, but Fulton County, etc.)
The finer points/deets are still kinda confusing, despite the Great Championing/Good Press bought and paid for (by us taxpayers) by Alisias PR (for that whopping annual fee of $750,000 per year).
All the money in the world still can’t buy good taste… OR clarity.
fox news hater
July 1st, 2011
5:48 pm
milton man.. no product of any school here in georgia i deserve better..duke university man here!!and by the way detroit was like Atlanta years ago it wasnt always a dump but it is now and Atlanta will be where detroit is in 10 years or less and the metro area will follow.. thier paths are too similiar and the metro area has stagnated and has a growing perception of crime and racial division ..just like Detroit..how do i know??i was born thier 54 yrs ago and grew up walking down its vibrant streets but wouldnt go near it now..thanks for the offer to pack as i move to the most beautiful city in the country(Seattle) but i and the lovely wife got it taken care of (movers)thanks for the offer!!this is my story and i,m sticking to it!!ATLANTA IS THE NEW DETROIT!!
RGB
July 1st, 2011
7:21 pm
Gee, one would think that a Duke University graduate would know about capitalization, subject-verb agreement–and “i and the lovely wife”?
Would thou doth give me a break?
fox news hater
July 1st, 2011
8:27 pm
rgb.. wether i capitalize or not or subject-verb agreement..wealthy and set for life i do as i please..and have earned the right to do just that..i,m sure you understood everything i said ..unless you have a Georgia/UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA EDUCATION if so i understand.. which makes it impossible for you to understand
here's a thought.....
July 2nd, 2011
12:46 am
Imagine a world where we lived in harmony.
Imagine a world where whenever an editor posted a topic, the comments from bloggers were without racist overtones
Imagine a world where instead of complaining how jacked up APS schools (or any school for that matter) are we worked quickly to provide the children quality education so that they would not have to suffer further due to the actions of mindless adults
I think that if we could put our differences aside, unite as one, worked together to ensure our children are provided with the best education to be the future leaders of America, the world might be a better place.
I think that we have to set an example for our children and even if you don’t want or have children, you might want to listen to this…
The examples you lead today could impact how our societies children grow up tomorrow. These are the people that will be making decisions that affect us while we are in our diapers, collecting medicaid (if there’s any left) , living off 401K, savings, investments, etc… provided we still have them left.
For everyone that thinks their child has the best gpa, goes to the best school, yadda, yadda, yadda, whatever….
I was fortunate enough to have visited more countries than you can identify on a map, and to have lived just about all over the world.
And you know what,…. the school systems here have nothing on the schools that I have seen and even gone through overseas.
So, all I ask is a small favor. Put the fighting aside, work together as adults, and lead by positive example so that this country can stop being the laughing stock of the world.
Do you think you can do that?
catlady
July 2nd, 2011
2:14 pm
Wouldn’t you have liked to be a fly on the wall when certain APS administrators found out that the state was performing erasure analysis? “Erasure analysis?! What is that? You are kidding, right? Oh, My God! Can they really check that!? Well, it will just show their method of analysis is racist, won’t it?”
BTW, I believe it was delivered to Deal on Friday, and now he is having “his people” study it. We (common people) are to hear something on Tuesday.
Whether BH was in on it from the beginning, she was in on the coverup. And, with a PhD from a respected university and the required statistics courses, she HAD TO KNOW, IMMEDIATELY, that there was a problem with the data. So she was either criminally stupid or just criminal. Either way, she should be in jail, and the money paid her for her “success” recouped.
Go Panthers!
July 2nd, 2011
7:44 pm
Milton Man:
1.) Merit & Talent-based scholarships for my kids. Thank you. And did you know that dentists have the highest suicide rate and prescription drug addiction rates among all of the health professions? That’s a warning; not a “liberal” dig. I do wonder how much parenting and education has to do with THAT statistic, though. 4.1 GPA screams “parent pleasing kid with no life” to me. And why UGA and not Emory? Hmmm? Too many “liberals” who are too smart for their own “breetches” or did he get his superior and un-weighted for ethnicitied 4.1 declined? My kids’ 3.5+ along with extra-curriculars and a social life were good enough for my home. But, that’s just me and my spouse’s logic.
2.) If you did your research, you would know that Grady High’s debate program has been nationally ranked for DECADES. Congrats to Jonesboro High’s mock trial team, but if a side to side comparison was done looking at Grady debate vs Jonesboro mock trial members and their performance in HS and beyond? Grady wins – hands down. And a lot of the kids on those teams that could get need based aid don’t have to; they qualify for talent and academic awards BEFORE the Pell Grant even enters the equation. No quotas; no modified grading system necessary.
Sorry, guy. You fail, even if your kid didn’t. You better do your research and get out of the delusion that sterotyped lies affords you before you end up with a Morningside-living black dentist as your daughter-in-law and the mother of your grandkids.
this is nuts
July 7th, 2011
3:38 pm
MiltonMan, what is up?? I like how you deride a woman whose daughter is going to a so-called “elite Northeastern school(no stereotype there.)” Great for her! FYI – people who go to elite Northeastern schools usually do pretty well in life, as I’m sure your dentist-in-training will, having gone to UGA. Why is she doing something wrong by seeking the best education for her child? And I’m sorry you didn’t qualify for scholarships (same with me, paid my own way through school), but isn’t that the conservative ethos – to work hard and not take government handouts? I find it interesting that the same people who complain about government spending and welfare expect plenty of government benefits for themselves – tuition aid, Medicare, Social Security, etc. Some of these are entitlement programs that take up a LARGE portion of both state and federal budgets. Let’s call a spade a spade – you simply think that YOUR needs are more valid than some others’. Is this attitude based on race? You tell me…you have to have some reason for your rampant hatred of Atlanta.
Oh, and btw, if you don’t like it, don’t live here. Those of us who do enjoy it will be fine without you…