New Orleans among 20 most well-read cities for African Americans
28th May 2013 · 0 Comments
(Special to the NNPA from the New Pittsburgh Courier) – Where in the U.S. can you find the most well-read African Americans? Look no further.
We reviewed our website’s traffic and ranked, on a per capita basis, the number of visitors from cities with more than 200,000 residents.
Durham, North Carolina, home of North Carolina Central and Duke Universities, tops the list. The state of North Carolina shares the honor of having the most cities in the top 20 (three), with New York State. New York State had the highest number of visitors, but North Carolina easily beat New York on a per capita basis.
This article was prompted by a similar article found on Time Inc’s website, “The 20 ‘Most Well-Read Cities’ in America, According to Amazon.com.”
#1 – Durham, North Carolina
#2 – Manhattan, New York
#3 – Atlanta, Georgia
#4 – Washington, District of Columbia
#5 – Miami, Florida (3rd on Amazon’s List)
#6 – St. Louis, Missouri (11th on Amazon’s List)
#7 – Cleveland, Ohio
#8 – Baltimore, Maryland
#9 – New Orleans, Louisiana
#10 – Raleigh, North Carolina
#11 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#12 – Memphis, Tennessee
#13 – Charlotte, North Carolina
#14 – Bronx, New York
#15 – Detroit, Michigan
#16 – Brooklyn, New York
#17 – Chicago, Illinois
#18 – Jacksonville, Florida
#20 – Houston, Texas
Source: The African American Literature Book Club, AALBC.com’s website’s traffic ranking, on a per capita basis, measures the number of visitors from cities with more than 200,000 residents.
New York City’s five boroughs were treated separately because of their large populations; Manhattan (1,619,090), The Bronx (1,408,473), Brooklyn (2,565,635). New York City was treated as a single city (combining Manhattan, Brooklyn, and The Bronx) it would still be in the top 20 but Dallas and Los Angeles would then be added to the list at #19 and #20 respectively.
The total number of cities captured in the sample was over 500 globally. There were two non-American cities which made the top 20 (Ottawa, Ontario and London, England), but they were excluded because only American cities were considered for this list.
This article originally published in the May 27, 2013 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.
