Racial dot map of the US. 1 dot per person, color-coded by race

[tech12]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

San Francisco

San Francisco is not majority white.

[tech12]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Put another way, San Francisco never really experienced white flight, although the city did experience population decline.

that's a weird thing to say

SF white population:

1950 - 693,888 - 89.5%
1960 - 604,403 - 81.6%
1970 - 511,186 - 71.4%
1980 - 402,131 - 59.2%
1990 - 388,341 - 53.6%
2000 - 385,728 - 49.7% (Non Hispanic white: 338,909 - 43.6%)
2010 - 390,387 - 48.5% (non Hispanic white: 337,451 - 41.9%)

SF nonwhite population:

1950 - 81,469 - 10.5%
1960 - 135,913 - 18.4%
1970 - 204,488 - 28.6%
1980 - 276,843 - 40.8%
1990 - 335,618 - 46.4%
2000 - 391,002 - 50.3%
2010 - 414,848 - 51.5%

SF's white population started dropping nonstop right when nonwhite people started moving into the city in large and ever-growing numbers. But sure, there's no connection whatsoever.

It's true that white flight wasn't as bad as some other places though, and didn't result in massive abandoned areas and whatnot.

[craigs]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Put another way, San Francisco never really experienced white flight, although the city did experience population decline. Between 1980 and 2010 the city's white population declined by only 23k and the black population by almost 40k.

tech12 has the receipts, and they show a more complex reality than what you are trying to assert here.

Between 1980 and 2010, San Francisco added more than 200,000 new residents--a 30% population increase--yet the city's white population still managed to decline numerically, and to drop from 59.2% to 48.5% of the population (and down to 41.9% for non-hispanic whites).

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by tech12

that's a weird thing to say

SF white population:

1950 - 693,888 - 89.5%
1960 - 604,403 - 81.6%
1970 - 511,186 - 71.4%
1980 - 402,131 - 59.2%
1990 - 388,341 - 53.6%
2000 - 385,728 - 49.7% (Non Hispanic white: 338,909 - 43.6%)
2010 - 390,387 - 48.5% (non Hispanic white: 337,451 - 41.9%)

SF nonwhite population:

1950 - 81,469 - 10.5%
1960 - 135,913 - 18.4%
1970 - 204,488 - 28.6%
1980 - 276,843 - 40.8%
1990 - 335,618 - 46.4%
2000 - 391,002 - 50.3%
2010 - 414,848 - 51.5%

SF's white population started dropping nonstop right when nonwhite people started moving into the city in large and ever-growing numbers. But sure, there's no connection whatsoever.

It's true that white flight wasn't as bad as some other places though, and didn't result in massive abandoned areas and whatnot.

My earlier post was poorly worded. I meant during the period when San Francisco's black population dramatically collapsed.