You triflin' niggaz twisted my words. I said MAJORITY populations. Cities with MAJORITY Black populations like the one I live in are considered the HOOD. Not necessarily THE GHETTO or PROJECTS, but because of redlining, redistricting, and urban decay/sprawl, the tax bases of the majority Black cities in Amerikkka are "THE HOOD"
List of U.S. cities with large African American populations
List of Cities with majority African-American populations
This is a list of the several U.S. cities over 100,000 people that have populations over 30% African American. The list is ranked by the perspective percentage of African American population. Note that there are exactly 19 cities with populations over 100,000 that have majority (over 50%) African-American populations. These majority (over 50%) African-American cities are located in the following 14 states: Alabama, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia, California, Georgia.
[edit] Cities whose population is at least 30% African-American
The following data was sourced from the 2005 U.S. Census.
Rank City Percentage Black
1 Detroit, Michigan 83.73
2 Gary, Indiana 81.35
3 Birmingham, Alabama 73.46
4 Jackson, Mississippi 70.64
5 New Orleans, Louisiana 67.25
6 Baltimore, Maryland 64.34
7 Memphis, Tennessee 61.41
8 Atlanta, Georgia 61.39
9 Washington, D.C. 60.01
10 Richmond, Virginia 57.19
11 Savannah, Georgia 57.08
12 Newark, New Jersey 53.46
13 Flint, Michigan 53.27
14 St. Louis, Missouri 51.20
15 Cleveland, Ohio 50.99
16 Shreveport, Louisiana 50.80
17 Portsmouth, Virginia 50.61
18 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 50.02
19 Augusta, Georgia 49.75
20 Montgomery, Alabama 49.63
Now tell me which one of these cities aint "THE HOOD". Not saying that these cities don't have outlining suburbs, but the cities themselves. Which ones aren't the hood?
Please tell me?
And you said yourself you live in the White side of town. Nigga please!