10 Cities with Surprisingly Small African-American Populations

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Plantation, Florida

Plantation is 98 percent white, with a total population of 84,955. The city was once the Everglades Plantation Company. Plantation suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Wilma on Oct. 24, 2005.

 

 

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Mentor, Ohio

Though CNNMoney.com ranked Mentor 68th on its list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in America, the city with a population of 47,159 is only 1.4 percent Black, with 639 Black people.

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