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as a region, St. Louis is only about 17% black and in the city limits according to 2000 census:

White 152666 43.85%

Black or African American 178266 51.2%

American Indian and Alaska Native 950 0.27%

Asian 6891 1.98%

Asian indian 845 0.24%

Chinese 1038 0.3%

Filipino 454 0.13%

Japanese 217 0.06%

Korean 289 0.08%

Vietnamese 3319 0.95%

Other Asian 729 0.21%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 94 0.03%

Native Hawaiian 16 0%

Guamanian or Chamorro 23 0.01%

Samoan 31 0.01%

Other Pacific Islander 24 0.01%

Some other race 2783 0.8%

Two or more races 6539 1.88%

http://saintlouis.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm

migueltejada wrote:WHO KEEPS A FANCYISH COMIC BOOK STORE?

Someone who actually wants to have a successful comic store these days. I've spent quite a bit of time reading up on and keeping track of the industry as someone who is potentially interested in opening some sort of related shop some day and Star Clipper is pretty much the model of most of the recommendations made in the comic shop business these days.



Unfortunately (and in some places unfairly, other places not so unfairly) the typical public image of a comic book shop is someting akin to the one Comic Book Guy runs on The Simpsons. Shops like that have their customers, but it is a limited customer base which can mean a struggle to turn a profit. By having a clean, inviting, customer friendly store that people might be more likely to check out, that parents would be more comfortable sending their kids to, a store can better stay in business.



A dingy store, with poor customer service, where it is hard to find what you are looking for is a poor business model in any industry.

JCity wrote:METRO area:

Population Breakdown By Race

Race St. Louis, MO-IL MSA U.S.

White



78.2.%





74.7%

African American



17.9%





12.1%

Asian



1.8%





4.3%

Some other race



2.1%





8.9%



Source: "American Community Survey 2005", U.S. Census Bureau.



Population Breakdown By Hispanic Or/ Latino Origin

Origin St. Louis, MO-IL MSA U.S.

Hispanic/Latino



1.8%





14.5%

These numbers are from the 2000 census aren't they? I'm sure they are off and the metropolitan areas Black Population is closer to 20%, but St. Louis County is about 25%, St. Louis City is over 50%, and St. Clair County is around 25%. Besides that the point I was trying to make is that St. Louis is far from being a overwhelmingly white city.

Source: "American Community Survey 2005", U.S. Census Bureau.

What's the difference? Miguel said that St. Louis is "one of the whitest cities." The city is 42% white, 51% black. While we're throwing out the MSA stats, let's throw in the entire state of Missouri and the entire state of Illinois.

Does it really matter? I believe we're 100% human. Well, most of us anyway.

Bhutan is a country between India and China:



https://www.cia.gov/library/publication ... os/bt.html



I wish these folks good luck.

Another "large wave" of Bhutanese refugees will be arriving in St. Louis over the course of the next couple weeks. There is a drive going on to get furniture and other household furnishings together for their arrival.

For more info contact Sonja Meyer at smeyrer0553@charter.net

leeharveyawesome wrote:Another "large wave" of Bhutanese refugees will be arriving in St. Louis over the course of the next couple weeks. There is a drive going on to get furniture and other household furnishings together for their arrival.

For more info contact Sonja Meyer at smeyrer0553@charter.net

Just wondering, did the new wave come yet? I notice how diverse the southside has gotten when I drive on South Grand.