March 2023

African American residents in Berkeley, California: Year (Decennial Census) Number of African-Americans Percent of Berkeley Population 1970 27,421 23.5% 1980 20,671 20.0% 1990 19,309 18.8% 2000 14,007 13.6% 2010 11,241 10.0% 2020 9,812 7.9% sources: http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cities/Berkeley.htm , https://data.census.gov/table In 1963, James Baldwin remarked about redevelopment specifically in San Francisco: “urban renewal equals Negro removal.” In […]