List of U.S. cities with large African-American populations

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This is a list of the several U.S. cities over 100,000 people that have populations over 30% African American. The list is ranked by the perspective percentage of African American population. Note that there are exactly 19 cities with populations over 100,000 that have majority (over 50%) African-American populations.

These majority (over 50%) African-American cities are located in the following 14 states: Alabama, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, as well as the District of Columbia.

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Places with the highest percentage of Blacks or African Americans [edit]

Ten places with 100,000 or more total population
and the highest percentage of Blacks or African Americans alone or in combination[1]
Place Total
population		 Black or African American
alone or in combination		 Black or African American
alone		 Black or African American
in combination
Rank Percent of
total population		 Rank Percent of
total population		 Rank Percent of
total population
Detroit, MI 713,777 1 84.3 1 82.7 83 1.6
Jackson, MS 173,514 2 80.1 2 79.4 242 0.7
Miami Gardens, FL 107,167 3 77.9 3 76.3 91 1.6
Birmingham, AL 212,237 4 74.0 4 73.4 257 0.6
Baltimore, MD 620,961 5 65.1 5 63.7 134 1.3
Memphis, TN 646,889 6 64.1 6 63.3 225 0.8
New Orleans, LA 343,829 7 61.2 7 60.2 184 1.0
Flint, MI 102,434 8 59.5 9 56.6 9 2.9
Montgomery, AL 205,764 9 57.4 8 56.6 231 0.8
Savannah, GA 136,286 10 56.7 10 55.4 139 1.3
Ten places with 100,000 or more total population
and the highest percentage of Blacks or African Americans in combination[1]
Place Total
population		 Black or African American
alone or in combination		 Black or African American
alone		 Black or African American
in combination
Rank Percent of
total population		 Rank Percent of
total population		 Rank Percent of
total population
Lansing, MI 114,297 69 27.8 78 23.7 1 4.1
Tacoma, WA 198,397 132 15.0 145 11.2 2 3.8
Killeen, TX 127,921 40 37.9 46 34.1 3 3.8
Syracuse, NY 145,170 51 33.1 57 29.5 4 3.6
Providence, RI 178,042 109 19.4 114 16.0 5 3.3
Fairfield, CA 105,321 111 19.0 118 15.7 6 3.3
Rochester, NY 210,565 29 44.9 33 41.7 7 3.2
Fayetteville, NC 200,564 31 44.8 32 41.9 8 2.9
Vallejo, CA 115,942 81 24.9 83 22.1 10 2.9

Places with the highest number of African Americans [edit]

Ten places with 100,000 or more total population
and the highest number of Blacks or African Americans[2]
Place Total
population		 Black or African American
alone or in combination		 Black or African American
alone		 Black or African American
in combination
Rank Number Rank Number Rank Number
New York, NY 8,175,133 1 2,228,145 1 2,088,510 1 139,635
Chicago, IL 2,695,598 2 913,009 2 887,608 3 25,401
Philadelphia, PA 1,526,006 3 686,870 3 661,839 4 25,031
Detroit, MI 713,777 4 601,988 4 590,226 13 11,762
Houston, TX 2,099,451 5 514,217 5 498,466 8 15,751
Memphis, TN 646,889 6 414,928 6 409,687 58 5,241
Baltimore, MD 620,961 7 403,998 7 395,781 29 8,217
Los Angeles, CA 3,792,621 8 402,448 8 365,118 2 37,330
Washington, DC 601,723 9 314,352 9 305,125 22 9,227
Dallas, TX 1,197,816 10 308,087 10 298,993 23 9,094
Columbus, OH 787,033 15 237,077 16 220,241 5 16,836
San Diego, CA 1,307,402 40 104,374 43 87,949 6 16,425
Phoenix, AZ 1,445,632 37 109,544 40 93,608 7 15,936
Indianapolis, IN 829,718 14 240,789 15 226,671 9 14,118
Boston, MA 617,594 21 163,629 23 150,437 10 13,192

Cities whose population is at least 25 % African American [edit]

[dubious – discuss]

The following data was sourced from the 2010 U.S. Census.[citation needed]

Rank City Percentage African American African American Population
1 Detroit, Michigan 82.7 590,226
2 Jackson, Mississippi 79.4 137,716
3 Miami Gardens, Florida 76.3 81,776
4 Birmingham, Alabama 73.4 155,791
5 Baltimore, Maryland 63.7 395,781
6 Memphis, Tennessee 63.3 409,687
7 New Orleans, Louisiana 60.2 206,871
8 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 58.5 126,250
9 Wilmington, Delaware 58 41,326
10 Flint, Michigan 56.6 57,939
11 Savannah, Georgia 55.4 75,507
12 Augusta, Georgia 54.7 107,182
13 Shreveport, Louisiana 54.7 109,022
14 Montgomery, Alabama 54.5 116,524
15 Atlanta, Georgia 54.0 226,894
16 Cleveland, Ohio 53.3 211,672
16 Portsmouth, Virginia 53.3 50,878
17 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 52.4 25,957
18 Newark, New Jersey 52.4 145,085
19 Valdosta, Georgia 51.1 27,860
20 Washington, D.C. 50.7 305,125
21 Richmond, Virginia 50.6 103,342
22 Mobile, Alabama 50.6 98,691
23 St. Louis, Missouri 49.2 157,160
24 Danville, Virginia 48.3 43,055
25 Beaumont, Texas 47.3 55,931
26 North Charleston, South Carolina 47.2 45,964
27 Jackson, Tennessee 45.7 29,802
28 Saginaw, Michigan [3] 44.9 23,127
29 Cincinnati, Ohio 44.8 133,039
30 Inglewood, California 43.9 48,164
31 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 43.4 661,839
32 Norfolk, Virginia 43.1 104,672
33 Dayton, Ohio 42.9 60,705
34 Suffolk, Virginia 42.7 36,120
35 Little Rock, Arkansas 42.3 81,889
36 Columbia, South Carolina 42.2 54,537
37 Fayetteville, North Carolina 41.9 84,040
38 Rochester, New York 41.7 87,897
39 Durham, North Carolina 41.0 93,517
40 Newport News, Virginia 40.7 73,514
41 Greensboro, North Carolina 40.6 109,586
42 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 40.0 237,769
43 Hartford, Connecticut 38.7 48,331
44 Buffalo, New York 38.6 100,774
45 Bronx, New York[4] 36.5 505,200
46 New Haven, Connecticut 35.4 45,938
47 Tallahassee, Florida 35.0 63,475
48 Charlotte, North Carolina 35.0 256,241
49 Chattanooga, Tennessee 34.9 58,507
50 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 34.7 79,598
51 Brooklyn, New York[4] 34.3 860,083
52 High Point, North Carolina 33.0 34,394
53 Chicago, Illinois 32.9 887,608
54 Compton, California 32.9 31,688
55 Paterson, New Jersey 31.7 46,314
56 Huntsville, Alabama 31.2 56,229
57 Jacksonville, Florida 30.7 252,421
58 Boston, Massachusetts 30.0 193,551
59 Kansas City, Missouri 29.9 137,540
60 Raleigh, North Carolina 29.3 117,160
61 Orlando, Florida 28.1 66,876
62 Oakland, California 28.0 109,471
63 Hawthorne, California 27.7 23,385
64 Toledo, Ohio 27.2 78,121
65 Richmond, California 26.6 27,542
66 South Bend, Indiana 26.6 26,906
67 Tampa, Florida 26.2 87,872
68 Charleston, South Carolina 25.4 30,491

See also [edit]

Portal icon African American portal

Notes and references [edit]

  1. ^ a b The Black Population: 2010 (Report). U.S. Census Bureau. Table 7. http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-06.pdf.
  2. ^ The Black Population: 2010 (Report). U.S. Census Bureau. Table 6. http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-06.pdf.
  3. ^ 2010 census figures for Saginaw
  4. ^ a b Brooklyn and The Bronx are not cities, but rather boroughs of New York City.
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