Escape From New York

OP-ED COLUMNIST - Escape From New York - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

New York City holds a special place in the collective conscience of Black America.
Not only does it have the highest concentration of blacks -- according to the 2000 Census, there were more blacks living in New York City than in all but four whole states -- much of black intellectual power and cultural capital has been accrued within its borders.
It gave voice to Shirley Chisholm, refuge to Malcolm X, legs to Althea Gibson and opportunity to Jackie Robinson. It was the incubator of the Harlem Renaissance, the proving ground of jazz and the birthplace of hip-hop.
It was a black Mecca and magnet. Was.

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2010 Census Results for African-Americans

An article published by USA Today shows that according to 2010 census data, the black population is declining in a growing number of major cities — more evidence that the settlement pattern of African Americans is changing as they disperse to suburbia and warmer parts of the nation.  The decline is due, in part, to three trends:

• Blacks — many in the middle or upper-middle class — leaving cities for the suburbs.
• Blacks leaving Northern cities for thriving centers in the South.
• The aging of the African-American population, whose growth rate has dropped from more than 16% in the 1990s to about 10% since 2000.

The drop also can be partially attributed to a declining black fertility rate and the aging of the black population, says John Logan, director of US 2010 Project at Brown University, which studies trends in American society. 

Read the full article here:  http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2011-03-22-1Ablacks22_ST_N.htm

So what is the economic and educational impact for African-Americans?