Population table for the Spokane area divided by race from 1890-1990.

ID: 5703 ~ Source: Courtesy of Dwayne Mack, "Black Spokane," 2014

This file appears in: Historical African American Neighborhoods in Spokane: In Spokane's earliest decades, neighborhoods were segregated by wealth, not by race.

This population table shows the varying number of African Americans in Spokane throughout the 20th century.

This file appears in: Historical African American Neighborhoods in Spokane: In Spokane's earliest decades, neighborhoods were segregated by wealth, not by race.

Historical African American Neighborhoods in Spokane: In Spokane's earliest decades, neighborhoods were segregated by wealth, not by race.

By Elizabeth Hedt

Before 1920, Spokane neighborhoods had no formal policies segregating housing by race. Successful Black Spokanites erected fine residents all over town, many of which still stand today.