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List of U.S. cities with large Black populations

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This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.

Proportion of Black Americans in each county of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States Census

The data source for the list is the 2020 United States Census.[1]

At the time of the 2020 Census, there were 47.5 million Americans who were black (either alone or in combination), making up 14.2% of the U.S. population. State by state, the highest number of black Americans could be found in Texas (3.96 million), Florida (3.70 million), Georgia (3.54 million), New York (3.53 million), and California (2.83 million). Meanwhile, the highest proportions of African Americans were in the District of Columbia (44.17%), Mississippi (37.94%), Louisiana (33.13%), Georgia (33.03%), and Maryland (32.01%).[citation needed]

Throughout the country, there are 342 cities with a population over 100,000. 19 of them had black (alone or in combination) majorities, and in 46 more cities, between 30% and 50% of the population identified as black. Out of the 19 majority-black cities, four were in Georgia and Louisiana and Alabama had three each. Meanwhile, the states of Florida, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Mississippi each had one majority-black city.[citation needed]

In 2020, the largest cities which had a black majority were Detroit, Michigan (population 639K), Memphis, Tennessee (population 633K), Baltimore, Maryland (population 586K), New Orleans, Louisiana (population 384K), and Cleveland, Ohio (population 373K).[citation needed]

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The list below displays each city (or city-equivalent) in the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico with a population over 100,000 and a Black proportion over 30% as of the 2020 Census. It includes the city's total population, the number of Black people in the city, and the percentage of people in the city who are Black as of the 2020 Census. The table is initially sorted by the Black proportion of each city but is sortable by any of its columns, as can be found by clicking the table headers.

Cities where people who are Black alone are not at least 30% of the population, while people who are either Black alone, or, in combination with another race, do form at least 30% of the population, are italicized.[nb 1]

City State Black % Black alone % Population Black
population 		Black alone
population
South Fulton   Georgia 93.26% 90.53% 107,436 100,190 97,259
Jackson   Mississippi 80.45% 78.86% 153,701 123,656 121,215
Detroit   Michigan 80.38% 77.69% 639,111 513,697 496,534
Birmingham   Alabama 69.82% 68.40% 200,733 140,156 137,296
Miami Gardens   Florida 66.97% 63.50% 111,640 74,761 70,886
Memphis   Tennessee 63.34% 61.57% 633,104 401,033 389,779
Montgomery   Alabama 61.91% 60.29% 200,603 124,187 120,950
Baltimore   Maryland 60.42% 57.79% 585,708 353,890 338,478
Augusta   Georgia 58.61% 55.81% 202,081 118,441 112,773
Shreveport   Louisiana 57.82% 56.02% 187,593 108,474 105,088
New Orleans   Louisiana 57.02% 54.24% 383,997 218,969 208,273
Macon   Georgia 56.48% 54.58% 157,346 88,865 85,885
Baton Rouge   Louisiana 55.43% 53.84% 227,470 126,097 122,461
Hampton   Virginia 53.65% 49.52% 137,148 73,579 67,915
Newark   New Jersey 53.22% 49.45% 311,549 165,802 154,048
Mobile   Alabama 53.04% 51.35% 187,041 99,198 96,039
Cleveland   Ohio 51.59% 48.37% 372,624 192,239 180,224
Brockton   Massachusetts 51.42% 34.98% 105,643 54,320 36,951
Savannah   Georgia 51.41% 49.14% 147,780 75,979 72,618
Atlanta   Georgia 49.51% 47.22% 498,715 246,906 235,513
Columbus   Georgia 49.40% 46.47% 206,922 102,212 96,163
Beaumont   Texas 49.15% 47.32% 115,282 56,666 54,549
Fayetteville   North Carolina 47.58% 42.99% 208,501 99,208 89,645
Miramar   Florida 46.43% 42.39% 134,721 62,553 57,109
Newport News   Virginia 46.35% 42.25% 186,247 86,330 78,687
St. Louis   Missouri 45.45% 43.04% 301,578 137,059 129,814
Greensboro   North Carolina 44.83% 41.99% 299,035 134,071 125,574
Rochester   New York 44.55% 40.10% 211,328 94,142 84,752
Washington   District of Columbia 44.17% 41.45% 689,545 304,539 285,810
Dayton   Ohio 43.90% 40.67% 137,644 60,432 55,981
Norfolk   Virginia 43.55% 40.16% 238,005 103,657 95,594
Killeen   Texas 43.47% 37.27% 153,095 66,556 57,055
Cincinnati   Ohio 43.35% 40.55% 309,317 134,092 125,443
North Charleston   South Carolina 42.99% 40.64% 114,852 49,371 46,673
Richmond   Virginia 42.91% 40.45% 226,610 97,240 91,653
Little Rock   Arkansas 42.35% 40.64% 202,591 85,790 82,340
Hartford   Connecticut 42.32% 38.19% 121,054 51,236 46,231
Inglewood   California 42.24% 38.70% 107,762 45,523 41,708
Philadelphia   Pennsylvania 42.01% 39.31% 1,603,797 673,785 630,462
Milwaukee   Wisconsin 41.50% 38.59% 577,222 239,542 222,746
Columbia   South Carolina 40.36% 38.50% 136,632 55,140 52,598
Buffalo   New York 40.16% 36.87% 278,349 111,796 102,636
Bridgeport   Connecticut 38.59% 35.07% 148,654 57,372 52,138
Durham   North Carolina 38.59% 36.24% 283,506 109,411 102,742
Tallahassee   Florida 37.22% 35.02% 196,169 73,007 68,691
New Haven   Connecticut 35.82% 32.20% 134,023 48,001 43,160
Charlotte   North Carolina 35.39% 33.05% 874,579 309,487 289,062
Syracuse   New York 35.37% 30.67% 148,620 52,573 45,588
Winston-Salem   North Carolina 34.98% 32.52% 249,545 87,286 81,148
Akron   Ohio 34.94% 31.41% 190,469 66,555 59,821
High Point   North Carolina 34.35% 32.10% 114,059 39,183 36,610
West Palm Beach   Florida 34.13% 31.65% 117,415 40,075 37,160
Jacksonville   Florida 33.20% 30.57% 949,611 315,281 290,279
Toledo   Ohio 32.67% 28.76% 270,871 88,503 77,897
Lafayette   Louisiana 32.42% 30.70% 121,374 39,354 37,259
Columbus   Ohio 31.77% 28.65% 905,748 287,735 259,483
Chesapeake   Virginia 31.68% 28.97% 249,422 79,013 72,268
Huntsville   Alabama 31.45% 29.34% 215,006 67,626 63,085
Columbia   Maryland 31.25% 27.65% 104,681 32,718 28,941
Peoria   Illinois 31.13% 27.86% 113,150 35,228 31,527
Chattanooga   Tennessee 30.89% 29.09% 181,099 55,950 52,690
Chicago   Illinois 30.79% 29.17% 2,746,388 845,638 801,195
Roanoke   Virginia 30.76% 27.47% 100,011 30,764 27,470
Pompano   Florida 30.71% 28.55% 112,046 34,410 31,994
Indianapolis   Indiana 30.55% 27.95% 887,642 271,214 248,067

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Notes

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  1. ^ The United States Census Bureau uses the term race alone for people who answered the question on race by indicating only one race. The census uses the term race in combination for people who reported belonging to more than one race group.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2020 Census". 2020 Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Glossary: Race alone". United States Census Bureau. United States Government.
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