Monday, April 03, 2006

New York City Losing Blacks, Census Shows 

New York City Losing Blacks, Census Shows

By SAM ROBERTS
Published: April 3, 2006

An accelerating exodus of American-born blacks, coupled with slight declines in birthrates and a slowing influx of Caribbean and African immigrants, have produced a decline in New York City's black population for the first time since the draft riots during the Civil War, according to preliminary census estimates.

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