The Southwest is a culture region distinguished by coexisting Spanish, American Indian, and Northwest European American people. Each group brings different cultures and characteristics that help make up the “melting pot” society of the Southwest.
Like the Southwest, Washington D.C. is an area with great cultural diversity. Unlike many American towns, it is a city without one homogeneous identity. The biggest indicator of this cultural diversity is that the minority populations in D.C. are much higher than in the rest of the country. Another huge difference is that white people are not the majority population in D.C. they make up 40.6% of the D.C. population compared to 79.6% overall in the U.S.
In 2009, the largest minority population in D.C. was the black population. In the district, black persons make up 54.9% of the population, as opposed to the general U.S. percentage of 12.9. It was the first city with a majority black population. Although numbers of black people are beginning to decline in the city, D.C. is an area where the minority black population is well represented. In this way, D.C. is a rich city with many different minority groups and races.
The East Coast, and especially D.C. enjoys a higher percentage of black population than the majority of the country.
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