The Cities Where Minorities Are Thriving Today

8602391500?profile=originalMinorities are on their way to becoming a majority of the U.S. population, a change that the U.S. Census Bureau estimates will happen in 2050. Pay attention to the 2016 election cycle, and you’ll realize quickly that this shift is already altering the nation’s political landscape.

These demographic trends prompted a relatively new think tank, the Houston-based Center for Opportunity Urbanism, to look at the cities where minorities are thriving today. The best cities, the group says, aren’t the ones you’d necessarily expect.

Best Cities For Hispanics/Latinos

1. Jacksonville, FL
2. Riverside-San Bernardino, CA
3. Baltimore, MD
4. Houston, TX
5. Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV
6. Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC
7. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
8. San Antonio, TX
9. Austin, TX
10. St. Louis, MO-IL

To come up with its list, their index took into account four factors—population growth, median household income, self-employment rate, and homeownership rate—in the top 52 metro areas (including their suburbs) between 2000 and 2013. From this data, the report concludes that African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans are more likely to do well in lower-cost, economically flourishing Sunbelt cities such as Atlanta, Raleigh, and Jacksonville than in "once-thriving urban powerhouses" and "luxury" cities, like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. In the latter cities, the report says that high costs-of-living have significantly reduced opportunities for middle and working class households. For example, in Silicon Valley, African Americans and Hispanics make up a third of the population but only 5% of workers at top firms. READ MORE AT FAST COMPANY

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