A recently released report found that St. Petersburg lost 10% of its African American residents between 2018 and 2022; the demographic grew by 16% across the rest of Pinellas County.
St. Petersburg-based Urban Market Analytics (UMA), a Power Broker Media Group subsidiary, released the 26-page analysis Dec. 27. Power Broker Magazine simultaneously opened a survey to discover why the “Black exodus rate reached record highs over the past three years.”
According to the study, UMA officials shared a previous version with local equity leaders in May 2023. It states that the latest census data, released Dec. 7, “not only confirmed the trend but showed it gaining speed.” Read more at www.stpetecatalyst.com.
