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

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This is a list of the United States cities over 100,000 people that have populations that are over 30% Black or African American.[note 1] Statistics include Black people regardless of nationality.

Cities with the highest percentage of Blacks or African Americans in 2010.

There are 19 American cities with populations over 100,000 that have majority (over 50%) Black or African-American populations. These cities are located in the following 13 states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C.

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

Top Ten cities with 100,000 or more total population and the highest percentages of Blacks or African-Americans, alone or with other races[1]
City Total Population Black or African American, alone or with other races Black or African American, alone Mixed-race Black/African-American
Rank Percentage of total population Rank Percentage of
total population		 Rank Percentage 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 343,831 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 cities with 100,000 or more total population and the highest percentage "Black in combination" (mixed with other races)[1]
City Total
population		 Black or African American, alone or mixed with other races Black or African American, alone Mixed-race Black/African-American
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

Cities with the highest number of Black or African American people[edit]

Ten cities with 100,000 or more total population
and the highest number of Blacks or African Americans[2]
City Total
population		 Black or African American,
alone or mixed with other races		 Black or African American,
alone		 Mixed-race Black/African-American
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

Select cities with a large percentage of Black or African American people[edit]

[dubious – discuss]

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

Rank City Percentage Black or African American Total Black or African American
1 Detroit, MI 82.7 590,226
2 Jackson, MS 79.4 137,716
3 Chester, PA 77.8 26,429
4 Miami Gardens, FL 76.3 81,776
5 Orangeburg, SC 75.04 13,964
6 Birmingham, AL 73.4 155,791
7 Albany, GA 71.6 55,442
8 Baltimore, MD 63.7 395,781
9 Memphis, TN 63.3 409,687
10 New Orleans, LA 60.2 206,871
11 Baton Rouge, LA 58.5 126,250
12 Wilmington, DE 58 41,326
13 Flint, MI 56.6 57,939
14 Savannah, GA 55.4 75,507
15 Augusta, GA 54.7 107,182
16 Shreveport, LA 54.7 109,022
17 Montgomery, AL 54.5 116,524
18 Atlanta, GA 54.0 226,894
19 Cleveland, OH 53.3 211,672
20 Portsmouth, VA 53.3 50,878
21 Harrisburg, PA 52.4 25,957
22 Newark, NJ 52.4 145,085
23 Valdosta, GA 51.1 27,860
24 Washington, D.C. 50.7 305,125
25 Richmond, VA 50.6 103,342
26 Mobile, AL 50.6 98,691
27 St. Louis, MO 49.2 157,160
28 Danville, VA 48.3 43,055
29 Beaumont, TX 47.3 55,931
30 North Charleston, SC 47.2 45,964
31 Jackson, TN 45.7 29,802
32 Columbus, GA 45.5 86,398
33 Cincinnati, OH[3] 45.0 123,157
34 Saginaw, MI 44.9 23,127
35 Inglewood, CA 43.9 48,164
36 Philadelphia, PA 43.4 661,839
37 Norfolk, VA 43.1 104,672
38 Dayton, OH 42.9 60,705
39 Suffolk, VA 42.7 36,120
40 Little Rock, AR 42.3 81,889
41 Columbia, SC 42.2 54,537
42 Fayetteville, NC 41.9 82,235
43 Rochester, NY 41.7 87,897
44 Durham, NC 41.0 93,517
45 Fort Pierce, FL 40.9 17,617
46 Newport News, VA 40.7 73,514
47 Greensboro, NC 40.6 109,586
48 Milwaukee, WI 40.0 237,769
49 Hartford, CT 38.7 48,331
50 Buffalo, NY 38.6 100,774
51 Penn Hills, PA 37.1 15,688
52 McKeesport, PA 36.5 7,201
53 Bronx, NY[4] 36.5 505,200
54 New Haven, CT 35.4 45,938
55 Tallahassee, FL 35.0 63,475
56 Charlotte, NC 35.0 256,241
57 Chattanooga, TN 34.9 58,507
58 Winston-Salem, NC 34.7 79,598
59 Brooklyn, NY[4] 34.3 860,083
60 High Point, NC 33.0 34,532
61 Chicago, IL 32.9 887,608
62 Compton, CA 32.9 31,688
63 Cheltenham, PA 32.8 12,097
64 Hopkinsville, KY 31.9 10,273
65 Paterson, NJ 31.7 46,314
66 Greenville, SC 31.5 18,422
67 Huntsville, AL 31.2 56,229
68 Brockton, MA 31.2 30,147
69 Jacksonville, FL 30.7 252,421
70 Kansas City, MO 29.9 137,540
71 Raleigh, NC 29.3 117,160
72 Lafayette, LA 28.51 34,654
73 Orlando, FL 28.1 66,876
74 Columbus, OH 28.0 220,241
75 Oakland, CA 28.0 109,471
76 Nashville, TN 27.7 181,387
77 Hawthorne, CA 27.7 23,385
78 Upper Darby, PA 27.5 22,769
79 Indianapolis, IN 27.2 226,671
80 Toledo, OH 27.2 69,243
81 Kansas City, KS 26.8 39,080
82 Richmond, CA 26.6 27,542
83 South Bend, IN 26.6 26,906
84 Tampa, FL 26.2 87,872
85 Pittsburgh, PA 26.1 79,710
86 Charleston, SC 25.4 30,496
87 Dallas, TX 25.0 298,993
88 Boston, MA 24.4 150,437
89 Houston, TX 23.6 498,466
90 Springfield, MA 22.3 34,073
91 Louisville, KY 22.2 136,611
92 Queens, NY[4] 20.1 446,098
93 North Las Vegas, NV 19.9 47,502
94 Virginia Beach, VA 19.6 85,935
95 Minneapolis, MN 18.6 71,160
96 Erie, PA 16.8 17,141
97 Victorville, CA 16.8 19,483
98 Port St. Lucie, FL 16.3 27,876
99 Aurora, CO 15.7 51,196
100 Manhattan, NY[4] 15.6 246,687
101 Oklahoma City, OK 15.1 87,354
102 San Bernardino, CA 15.0 31,582
103 Sacramento, CA 14.6 68,335
104 Lexington, KY 14.5 46,110
105 Bowling Green, KY 13.9 9,067

See also[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

Notes
  1. ^ The United States Census Bureau defines Archived 2014-03-27 at the Wayback Machine. a "Black or African American" as "[a] person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as 'Black, African Am., or Negro'; or report entries such as African American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian."
References
  1. ^ a b The Black Population: 2010 (PDF) (Report). U.S. Census Bureau. Table 7. 
  2. ^ The Black Population: 2010 (PDF) (Report). U.S. Census Bureau. Table 6. 
  3. ^ 2010 census figures for Saginaw Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ a b c d Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Queens are not cities, but rather boroughs of New York City.
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