WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following
is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census
Bureau:
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Profile America — Sunday, February 1st. February is
Black History Month, a time to honor the many contributions to our
nation's history made by people of African descent. Started as a
special week in 1926 by historian Carter G.
Woodson, the observance is now a full month of activities
across the country. African-Americans, in counting single race or
in combination with others, number over 44 million in the U.S. By
2060, this figure is projected to reach nearly 77.5 million — about
18.4 percent of the country's entire population. Although
New York has the largest number of
blacks of any state at 3.7 million, Washington, D.C., has the highest percentage
at over 52 percent. Cook County,
Illinois, effectively Chicago, had the largest black population of
any county in 2012, numbering 1.3 million. You can find more facts
about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at
www.census.gov.
Source:
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2014/cb14-ff03.html
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media
and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are
available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at
http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the
"Newsroom" button).
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