# Blacks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks/750867>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks/750867 "2016-04-01T20:56:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jrubas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jrubas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jrubas)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks/750867/1 "2016-04-01T20:56:51Z")

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I’m writing an article and need some help. Does anyone know the overall percentage of American blacks living in urban areas?

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks/750867/2 "2016-04-01T21:06:55Z")

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[Where Race Lives - Go Deeper](http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-03-08.htm)

“Across the nation, four out of five whites live outside of the cities and 86 percent of whites live in neighborhoods where minorities make up less than 1 percent of the population. In contrast, 70 percent of Blacks and Latinos live in the cities or inner-ring suburbs.”

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**Author:** ![Jrubas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jrubas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jrubas)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks/750867/3 "2016-04-03T03:28:11Z")

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Thanks.