Chapter 9: The Changing South

 

Six million African-Americans migrated out of the Southern United States to the Northeast, Midwest and West from 1910 to 1970 in what was called the Great Migration to find wartime industrial jobs. In San Francisco, many of the African-Americans settled in the Fillmore Disctrict in the Bayview-Hunters Point shipyards and dry-docks to work there.

In the 1950's, the mayor of San Francisco had a plan for the redevelopment of San Francisco that included the destruction of the blighted neighborhoods, which mainly composed of working, non white neighborhoods in an attempt to segregate African Americans. They were forced to move out into Hunter's Point and some to Oakland.

Religion in San Francisco is predominated by Catholics. I would take a guess that this is mainly due to the fact that the Spaniards and Catholic church founded San Francisco and influenced the Native America Ohlones. 

San Francisco County
San Francisco County's Ten Largest Faith Groups in 2000

Religious Group	Number of temples, mosques, churches, or synagogues	Number of adherents	% of total population	% of total adherents
Roman Catholic	49	180,798	23.3	55.7
Jewish	36	49,500	6.4	15.2
Muslim	6	22,664	2.9	7
United Methodist	16	13,522	1.7	4.2
Episcopal	19	6,295	0.8	1.9
Presbyterian USA	31	3,976	0.5	1.2
International Churches of Christ	1	3,656	0.5	1.1
Assembly of God	19	3,311	0.4	1
Southern Baptist Convention	30	3,283	0.4	1
Greek Orthodox	2	2,787	0.4	0.9

Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States: 2000, Glenmary Research Center, Nashville, TN

Selected Non-Christian Religious Traditions in San Francisco County: 2000

Religious Group	Number of temples, mosques, churches, or synagogues	Number of adherents	% of total population	% of total adherents
Baha'I	1	703	0.1	0.2
Hindu	8	NA*	NA*	NA*
Muslim	6	22,664	2.9	7
Sikh	1	NA*	NA*	NA*
Buddhist	55	NA*	NA*	NA*
Jewish	36	49,500	6.4	15.2

Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States: 2000, Glenmary Research Center, Nashville, TN

Resources:
http://crccdev.usc.edu/research/demographics/sanfrancisco.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_San_Francisco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/childs1/Outline%20Black%20Americans%20in%20the%201920s.htm