Friday, July 01, 2011

Census: Fewer black children in biggest US cities

"Los Angeles saw a 31.8 percent decline in its population of black children, far surpassing the 6.9 percent drop in black adults. The number of black children in Atlanta fell by 27 percent. It was down 31 percent in Chicago and 37.6 percent in Detroit. Oakland, Calif. saw a drop of 42.3 percent, an exodus that fell only 6 percentage points below the decline in flood-ravaged New Orleans."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5grnC25z3cv0jKg9wtsn57mJWoJiA?docId=3e863a0c371348ed9e3bd2dcd63b4a65

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