Violence Fuels Black Population Decline in Chicago

Asiaha Butler sits inside the peaceful community space she built over the years in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, on Sept. 10, 2021. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

CHICAGO—Chicago, once a promised land for millions of blacks fleeing the Jim Crow South, has seen a steady decrease in the black population since 1980.

The prolonged black exodus just reached a milestone. The newly released census data concludes that blacks, with a 10 percent population loss between 2010 and 2020, are no longer the most populous minority group in Chicago; that title, along with the political power that comes with it, goes to the growing Hispanic population.