Community Health Needs Assessment ke serves as a cultural hub in ssouthwest outhwest Virginia. Much of the population The city of Roanoke growth in the city in the past ten years is due to the influx of nearly 44,000 000 Hispanic residents, residents accounting for a 280% increase in this population. There was a 9% growth in the number of blacks and 55% growth in the number of Asians living in the city city, while the number numbe of whites 11 fell by 5%. In addition to a growing owing Hispanic population, the ccity ity is seeing increasing numbers of immigrants from around the world. Virginia ranks in the top 15 states for refugee resettlement, and Roanoke has become the larges largest resettlement site in Virginia for individuals and families from Southeast Asia, Bosnia, Iraq, Haiti, Cuba, Afghanistan and Africa, partly because of its low cost of living and hospitable ways.12 In the city of Roanoke, 66% of the population is white, 28.3% is black, and 4.6% is Hispanic compared to 83.3% white, 12.9% black, and 2.8% Hispanic in the MSA. In the northwest MUA, the majority of residents are black (72.7%) (72.7%), with 23.2% white and 4.0% Hispanic. This is in sharp contrast to the southeast MUA MUA, where e 82.7% of the population is white, 11.6% of the 13 population is black, and 3.7% is Hispanic.
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The Roanoke Times: Census 2010: Roanoke’s population expands over decade. Lawrence Hammack & Matt Chittum , February 4, 2011 12 The Roanoke Times, Refugee and Immigration Services director retires after 19 years of service, January 13, 2008 13 US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 55-year estimates, 2006-2010
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