Population concentration

[SeaNymph]

Um...I'll disagree with that one.

[FrozenNorth]

I worship the porcelain god, when I have drank way too much. :-) Other than that I have no use for religion.

[SeaNymph]

The word "worship" indicates adoration of a deity. I don't think there's much chance that such a broad statement is valid.

[Stormin Mormon]

We discussed this in Elders Quorem, years ago. Some people worship alcohol, food, money, leisure, power, prestige, fancy clothes. Does not have to be diety to be worshiped.

[Muggles]

They often treat their object of worship as if it was a religion, too.

[83LowRider]

Well... let's just get the list then.

1 Detroit, MI 82.7 590,226 2 Jackson, MS 79.4 137,716 3 Miami Gardens, FL 76.3 81,776 4 Orangeburg, SC 75.04 13,964 5 Birmingham, AL 73.4 155,791 6 Baltimore, MD 63.7 395,781 7 Memphis, TN 63.3 409,687 8 New Orleans, LA 60.2 206,871 9 Baton Rouge, LA 58.5 126,250 10 Wilmington, DE 58 41,326 11 Flint, MI 56.6 57,939 12 Savannah, GA 55.4 75,507 13 Augusta, GA 54.7 107,182 14 Shreveport, LA 54.7 109,022 15 Montgomery, AL 54.5 116,524 16 Atlanta, GA 54.0 226,894 17 Cleveland, OH 53.3 211,672 16 Portsmouth, VA 53.3 50,878 17 Harrisburg, PA 52.4 25,957 18 Newark, NJ 52.4 145,085 19 Valdosta, GA 51.1 27,860 20 Washington, D.C. 50.7 305,125 21 Richmond, VA 50.6 103,342 22 Mobile, AL 50.6 98,691 23 St. Louis, MO 49.2 157,160 24 Danville, VA 48.3 43,055 25 Beaumont, TX 47.3 55,931 26 N Charleston, SC 47.2 45,964 27 Jackson, TN 45.7 29,802 28 Columbus, GA 45.5 86,398 29 Cincinnati, OH[3] 45.0 133,157 30 Saginaw, MI 44.9 23,127

Top 83 (and similar lists) here -

Many of the other 'hot spots' on the map the OP linked to are made up of large hispanic populations. That is to say mainly the eastern coast as well as TX and CA.

[korgy33]

99.8% of the world population lives on planet Earth.

[Stormin Mormon]

..... with the small remainder in Washington, DC?

[bob_villa]

...and here I thought the .2% was Southern Californication? ¯\_(? ?)_/¯

[trader_4]

That doesn't show that the vast majority of blacks live in the 144 largest counties. The map you, yourself provided, clearly doesn't show a positive correlation. In fact, it looks like a a negative correlation. The map of the 144 largest counties is empty in the wide belt from east Texas up to Washington DC. The black census map that you provided shows that wide belt as the HIGHEST percentage of blacks in the whole country. How you get a positive correlation out of that IDK. And your new list doesn't show it either. It's not ranked by numbers of blacks, it's a list of "Select cities with a large *percentage* of Black or African American people". And even in that list cities with a high percentage of blacks are Orangeburg SC, Birmingham AL, New Orleans, Jackson MS, Baton Rouge, and Wilmington DE. Those aren't on the list of the largest 141 counties. Given that broad belt from East TX all the way to Washington DC, I find it hard to believe that the vast majority of blacks live in those 141 largest counties. But, my main point was that the map you claimed shows a correlation, actually suggests the opposite, if anything.

Hispanics blacks

[83LowRider]

I laid the maps side by side and whipped out my trusty MS Paint green pen... for the simple-minded.

HTH.

[bob_villa]

I think you proved it...they *DON'T* correspond! Thanks! ?? ??????

[trader_4]

And again, how does that show this:

"the vast majority of the black population resides in those 144 largest counties. "?

There is a huge, wide dark red and purple belt from East Texas all the way up to the Washington DC/MD area on the map you provided. That's the area with the counties that have the highest percentage of blacks. That same area has just a few hits on the map with the

144 largest counties. So, obviously there are a lot of blacks in the USA in that red/purple area that are not in the 144 largest counties. They are in smaller counties, spread over a huge geographic area. How many there are there in absolute numbers, IDK, but neither do you. With that wide swatch across a large geographic area, it clearly doesn't prove the claim. All it shows is that the 144 counties correlate with having a higher concentration of blacks. That doesn't equate with the vast majority of the USA black population residing in those 144 counties. There is a big difference. You haven't even shown that it's a majority at all. It may be, but nothing here proves it so far. I'll leave it for others to judge who's simple minded.

[Tekkie®]

Uncle Monster posted for all of us...

When did you become a Rev Jackson spokesidiot?

[83LowRider]

Let me correct myself -- and state in MY words --

Those huge majority of those 144 largest counties are made up of the highest concentration of blacks.

Does that make it all better for you? That is what I took the OP as meaning as opposed to the literal majority number of blacks. Does that make you feel better? You can now pat yourself on the back and tell all your friends what great work you did.

[trader_4]

I guess that depends on what you mean by "the highest concentration" of blacks. If you mean by percentage of population, then the map you provided shows that isn't true, because the highest percentage concentration is through that wide belt from East TX, up through MD. If you mean that in those 144 largest counties you will find the largest absolute numbers of blacks, then yes, because that was never in question.

That may be what you took it to mean, but it's clearly not what was stated:

"if you were to overlay a map of the black population over your map you would find that the vast majority of the black population resides in those 144 largest counties. "

That statement would imply that perhaps two thirds or 75%+ of all blacks in the USA live in those 144 counties. And note, IDK if that's true or not, only that the map you provided doesn't prove it.

Well, the facts do matter.