Saturday, January 12, 2013

Black African Immigrants in Metropolitan Washington

African-Born Blacks, 2005


Washington, D.C.
Metro Area
United States
Total number
 114,101
 870,744
Country of origin (%)
Ethiopia
19
12
Nigeria
12
18
Sierra Leone
12
3
Ghana
10
9
Cameroon
9
3
Liberia
4
7
Somalia
3
7
Guinea
3
1
Sudan
2
3
Eritrea
2
2
Educational attainment, ages 25+
Less than high school (%)
8
12
Bachelor’s degree or higher (%)
42
38
Limited English proficient (%)
38
38
Below poverty (%)
11
21
Median household income (2005)
 $52,998
 $36,691
Percent unemployed
7
9
Occupation, ages 16+ (%)
Management, professional
35
31
Service
25
27
Sales and office
23
22
Construction, extraction, maintenance
5
3
Production, transportation
11
16
Other
1
2

Source: Author's analysis of the 2005 American Community Survey. The Washington metropolitan area includes the District of Columbia, five counties in Maryland, 15 jurisdictions in Virginia, and one county in West Virginia. The population includes all those born in Africa to non-U.S. citizens who identified as black alone or black in combination with another race.

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