THE NORTH OR SOUTH USA. which is better for blacks?

United States Census Bureau ... .. In 2010, 55 percent of the black population lived in the South, and 105 ... People who reported their race as both black and white more than doubled from about 785,000 in 2000 to 1.8 million in 2010. ... by 28 percent, Texas by 27 percent and North Carolina by 21 percent.

More wealthy blacks concentrating in the South, Nielsen says. ... "But in the last 25 years, blacks have been leaving the North, as jobs are not ... Andrea Zopp, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Illinois and former ...

In the 1960s, many African Americans fled the South in what has been ... AfricanAmericans fled, seeking better jobs and better lives in the North in what ... that comprise the South lived in poverty, according to the U.S. Census.

39: Why did free black people living in the South before the end of ... all of the free black people in pre-Civil War America lived in the North. ... It was almost better for them to be slaves than to be free," one reader responded.

Table 1: Black and White Population, 1860. Region. White. Free black ... Do you think free blacks in the South would be more or less likely than slaves to live in urban ... Imagine the kinds of work free African Americans in the North may have  ...

In 1910, 89% of African Americans lived in the South. But by 1970 ... Hoping for a better life, many African Americans headed north. ... chaining helped determine the internal migration of African Americans in the United States.

Find out more about the history of Great Migration, including videos, ... than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1970, had a huge impact on urban life in the United States .