Table 3: Counties Ranked by Numeric Change in African American Population: April 1, 1990 - July 1, 1999 Panel A. Ten Counties with the Largest Numeric Increases ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | Population | | | | |-----------------------| Numeric | Percent Rank | County | Metropolitan Area | 1990 | 1999 | Change | Change ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Harris County, Texas Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 548,387 645,101 96,714 17.6 2 Broward County, Florida Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 194,763 285,918 91,155 46.8 3 Fulton County, Georgia Atlanta, GA MSA 325,027 411,913 86,886 26.7 4 Prince George's County, Maryland Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 370,331 454,871 84,540 22.8 5 Cook County, Illinois Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA 1,327,575 1,395,700 68,125 5.1 6 Dallas County, Texas Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 373,450 432,506 59,056 15.8 7 Clark County, Nevada Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA 71,679 128,064 56,385 78.7 8 Wayne County, Michigan Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 851,622 899,346 47,724 5.6 9 Palm Beach County, Florida West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 108,833 155,763 46,930 43.1 10 Duval County, Georgia - 164,398 210,757 46,359 28.2 Panel B. Ten Counties with the Largest Numeric Declines ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | Population | | | | |-----------------------| Numeric | Percent Rank | County | Metropolitan Area | 1990 | 1999 | Change | Change ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 640,665 618,289 -22,376 -3.5 2 Orleans Parish, Louisiana New Orleans, LA MSA 308,890 296,008 -12,882 -4.2 3 St. Louis City, Missouri St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 188,665 177,290 -11,375 -6.0 4 Bronx County, New York New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA 514,826 505,013 -9,813 -1.9 5 Baltimore City, Maryland Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 436,378 426,637 -9,741 -2.2 6 Norfolk City, Virginia Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 102,665 96,630 -6,035 5.9 7 Onslow County, North Carolina Jacksonville, NC MSA 30,466 27,443 -3,023 -9.9 8 Vernon Parish, Louisiana - 13,023 11,330 -1,693 13.0 9 Macon County, Alabama - 21,346 19,937 -1,409 -6.6 10 Petersburgh City, Virginia - 26,930 25,565 -1,365 -5.1 - not part of a metropolitan area Source: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: January 29, 2001