Diversity In Greensboro

There's nothing more frustrating that moving into one of those brand new Yonge Eglinton condos expecting your neighbors to be as open minded as you are and finding out that they're not. While most big cities have ethnic and lifestyle minority groups residing within them as an integral part of their culture, there are still some holdovers from the old days. Therefore it behooves you to know the mindset and history of a city before you commit to moving there. To help you know what to expect from Greensboro, North Carolina, we've provided this guide to diversity in the city.

Statistically speaking, Greensboro has the same ethnic makeup as a lot of similarly sized cities in the continental United States. If you have just put up your Brampton home for sale and moved to Greensboro you won't find things appreciably different. Caucasians are the largest group, they make up approximately 55% of the population. African Americans come in second at just over 37%. Hispanics account for about 4% of the population while Asians account for about 3%. The remaining percentage point is made up of Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and other races.

By far the largest ethnic community in the city is African American. African American history in the area began with slavery and progressed through emancipation and the civil rights movement to today. While some members of the African American community can trace their roots back to slavery, others are only lately arrived. Some new arrivals are bankruptcy attorneys, Southern California citrus farmers, or medical doctors who have relocated with their families while others are refugees or immigrants only lately arrived from African countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Somalia, Liberia, and the Ivory Coast.

In terms of proportion of immigration, Asia is not far behind Africa. With the wars in Indochina in the 1970s and 80s many North Americans are familiar with Asian immigrants. Perhaps a family of them even purchased your Milton, Ontario house for sale. Greensboro's Asian community is made up of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and mainland China, with a significant portion coming from India and Pakistan as well.

Far eastern countries aren't the only places supplying Greensboro with cultural diversity, either. The troubles in Eastern Europe in recent years have forced many people from the former Yugoslavia to abandon their home countries in order to make a go of it in Greensboro. Jewish refugees from Russia and the Ukraine have also made their way to Greensboro over the years, giving the city a thriving, multiethnic feel. This is especially apparent among businesses, which range from ethnic eateries to custom designed real estate web pages that can display listings in multiple languages.

It is not merely far-flung countries whose residents make up the cultural landscape of Greensboro, however. There are also a significant portion of new arrivals from Mexico and other Latin American countries, which has increased since 1990.

Greensboro's many ethnicities sometimes group together in enclaves to preserve their culture and language, but for the most part everyone lives quite peacefully alongside one another.