| Rank |
City |
African-American Population Size (2010 Census)[1] |
Percentage African-American |
| 1 |
New York, New York MSA |
3,362,616 |
17.8 |
| 2 |
Atlanta, Georgia MSA |
1,772,569 |
33.6 |
| 3 |
Chicago, Illinois MSA |
1,721,578 |
18.2 |
| 4 |
Washington, District of Columbia (DC-MD-VA-WV) PMSA |
1,438,436 |
25.8 |
| 5 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PMSA |
1,241,780 |
20.8 |
| 6 |
Miami, Florida PMSA |
1,169,185 |
21.0 |
| 7 |
Detroit, Michigan PMSA |
980,451 |
22.8 |
| 8 |
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas PMSA |
961,871 |
15.1 |
| 9 |
Houston, Texas PMSA |
935,371 |
15.9 |
| 10 |
Los Angeles- Long Beach, California PMSA |
907,618 |
7.1 |
| 11 |
Baltimore, Maryland PMSA |
778,879 |
28.7 |
| 12 |
Memphis, Tennessee (TN-AR-MS) MSA |
601,043 |
45.7 |
| 13 |
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Virginia MSA |
522,409 |
31.3 |
| 14 |
St. Louis, Missouri (MO-IL) MSA |
516,446 |
18.4 |
| 15 |
Charlotte, North Carolina PMSA |
421,105 |
24.0 |
| 16 |
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio PMSA |
416,528 |
20.1 |
| 17 |
New Orleans, Louisiana PMSA |
397,095 |
34.0 |
| 18 |
Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia MSA |
375,427 |
29.8 |
| 19 |
San Francisco, California - Oakland - San Jose PMSA |
363,905 |
8.4 |
| 20 |
Orlando, Florida MSA |
344,820 |
16.2 |
| 21 |
Boston, Massachusetts (MA-NH) NECMA |
331,292 |
7.3 |
| 22 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida MSA |
329,334 |
11.8 |
| 23 |
Riverside-San Bernardino, California PMSA |
322,405 |
7.6 |
| 24 |
Birmingham, Alabama MSA |
318,373 |
28.2 |
| 25 |
Jacksonville, Florida MSA |
292,881 |
21.8 |
| 26 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana MSA |
285,911 |
35.6 |
| 27 |
Columbus, Ohio MSA |
273,560 |
14.9 |
| 28 |
Indianapolis, Indiana MSA |
263,376 |
15.0 |
| 30 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisconsin PMSA |
261,010 |
16.8 |
| 29 |
Nassau-Suffolk County, New York PMSA |
260 273 |
10.88 |
| 30 |
Jackson, Mississippi MSA |
257,021 |
47.7 |
| 30 |
Cincinnati, Ohio (OH-KY-IN) PMSA |
255,905 |
12.0 |
| 31 |
Columbia, South Carolina MSA |
255,104 |
33.2 |
| 32 |
Kansas City, Missouri (MO-KS) MSA |
254,509 |
12.5 |
| 33 |
Nashville, Tennessee MSA |
242,264 |
15.2 |
| 34 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina CSA |
228,268 |
20.2 |
| 35 |
Phoenix, Arizona MSA |
207,734 |
5.0 |
| 36 |
Las Vegas, Nevada MSA |
204,379 |
10.5 |
| 37 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MSA |
196,755 |
8.4 |
| 38 |
Seattle, Washington MSA |
191,967 |
5.6 |
| 39 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA |
184,730 |
25.5 |
| 40 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California PMSA |
158,213 |
5.1 |
