Portland May Be Less Diverse than Salt Lake City

by Charles MudedeThough Portland is very white, and getting whiter, it is not all bad news for blacks. Atmosphere1/Shutterstock.com
Portland may be the whitest big city in America, but unlike Seattle, its black population is not declining sharply. In fact, The Oregonian claims that "the number of black Portlanders increased 4 percent between 2000 and 2010" and the "metro area had nearly 5,000 black-owned businesses in 2012, a 42 percent increase over five years." So, though the city is very whit