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20%
18%
16%
14%
12%
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
U.S.A.
South
Manufacturing
Belt & Middle West
West
Figure 4.8.
African-Americans in the overall population of major census regions in 2000
The black population of the North, however, is progressing faster than the
overall regional population and African-Americans represent a proportion of the
population of Northeastern states which is slightly higher than their national
average. Meanwhile, the black population progresses slowly in the West, where only
9% of African-Americans and 22% of the total population reside.
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Figure 4.9.
Metropolitan areas with the largest African-American communities in 2000
It is essential to remember that 85% of black Americans lived in metropolitan
areas in 1999 compared to 79% of the total population, and that the 52 cities with
one million or more inhabitants accounted for 67% of the African-American
community compared to 58% of the total population (see Figure 4.9). Now largely
city dwellers, many African-Americans live in eastern cities, as well as in Los
