Originally published in the Baltimore Sun. Read the full article.
“Within the city, both the Black and white populations declined over the past decade, noted Mac McComas, senior program manager with the 21st Century Cities Initiative at Johns Hopkins University. The city’s Black population shrank by nearly 15% and the white population by about 10%. While everyone has their own reasons for moving, concerns about school quality and violent crime are often cited by people as factors for why they leave Baltimore, he said…However, the Hispanic or Latino population grew significantly, McComas pointed out. The new count shows about 46,000 such residents living in the city, an increase of nearly 77%.”