Why is the West Coast much more white than the Midwest, and East Coast?

[Anonymous]

Why is that? California has a small Asian, Mexican, population but not a large African American population like Chicago.

[OtterMan68]

When the Great Migration happened, all the jobs were in the upper Midwest. White men went off to fight in the war, and blacks moved from the south to MI, IL, WI, OH, PA.

CA did not become an economic powerhouse until after

[Asker]

Makes a lot of sense.

[jahaims]

California has more of all of those things lol. You are comparing the most populous state to a city. California has 39 million people Chicago has less than 3 million.

[Asker]

Meant to say LA.

[jahaims]

It's still incorrect. LA has way more illegals than Chicago straight from Mexico. There are 900,000 Asians in LA. Chicago has 185,000. You have the internet. Use your brain.

[Asker]

LA seems less black than Chicago. Hey stay angry man, enjoy the Trump Presidency next year fam.

[laly520]

historical background n other factors

for example one certain group, not big in past moved to east coast, stayed there n they had their own community which kept on growing

[normalice]

It is more expensive on the coasts and America has done much to keep people of color poor.

[Asker]

East Coast especially New York like Harlem is very black. I don’t mean this in a condescending way but they are many states more expensive than like Oregon, that have a large African American population.

[Asker]

Maryland, New York, Virginia, Florida, aren’t cheap.

[normalice]

And people of color don't tend to live in the expensive parts.

[slatyb]

Official racism.