Top 10 Highest Income Majority/Near-Majority Black Counties

[DrBanneker]

Don't think anything is super shocking here but it shows particularly how migration has shifted in DMV and ATL. Charles outdoing PG is well-known but back in the day (up to almost 2000 I believe) DeKalb County, GA was #2 but is now #10 particularly after growth/migration to other counties in the ATL.

I used 40% as the lower bound since a lot of these counties are on the border of 50% or have been strongly trending higher so I think they are representative of places where Black folks are largest ethnic group in the county once everyone is taken into account.

County​	Black Ratio (2020 census)​	Median Black Household Income​
Charles County, MD​	48.0%​	$96,264​
Prince Georges County, MD​	59.0%​	$85,576​
Henry County, GA​	48.0%​	$68,536​
Douglas County, GA​	48.0%​	$62,843​
Rockdale County, GA​	57.0%​	$61,985​
Suffolk City , VA​	42.0%​	$59,130​
Newton County, GA​	46.0%​	$54,501​
Charles City , VA​	42.0%​	$52,773​
Hampton City , VA​	49.0%​	$51,320​
DeKalb County, GA​	50.0%​	$50,512​

 

[Human Torch]

The Waldorf come up has been in play since gentrification started in DC. My parents live out there now and the amenities are finally catching up. I could never live there because of the time to travel to the city and NOVA but if you don’t care about that then it’s a good place to live. Definitely more so for those 40,50+ who don’t care to travel often for entertainment and food.

 

[KidJSoul]

Source?

 

[Yinny]

Subs

 

[DrBanneker]

Source?

Us census 2020 and us census American community survey for income

 

[Laidbackman]

How did Henry County even get on the map

 

[Spade]

Man Charles County extended the gap after just recently passing PG not to long ago. I know several people that moved out there and love it.

 

[DrBanneker]

How did Henry County even get on the map

Surprised me too being from Dekalb but a lot of the educated transplants or retired people build houses out there now.

 

[BigMan]

can you add black population counts as well

 

[ViShawn]

That's about right. We gotta pump those numbers up!

 

[BigMan]

How did Henry County even get on the map

How is Henry County?

68k median income is pretty good for Georgia.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

only 2 of those counties are ok.

Nothing impressive about 50-68K for a county.

It seems that you are more impressed about the list than the actual numbers.

 

[Stuntone]

That's not a lot of money in those areas. 100k near DC with a 2000$ plus mortgage/rent and car payment, you're damn near struggling.

 

[MoveForward]

I’m in Henry County and I’m well above that. I can’t believe Dekalb County is up there. Decatur nikkas run Georgia, we don’t get enough credit.

 

[Concerned Citizen]

I need to know the average school rating because a lot of times even these well to do counties have shytty schools.