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

This is a list of the United States cities over 100,000 people that have populations that are more than 30% African American.[note 1] Statistics include self-identifying people of African descent regardless of nationality at birth.

Cities with the highest percentage of Black or African American People

Cities with the highest percentage of African American people

The following data was sourced from the 2010 U.S. Census.

Rank City Percentage
of African Americans		 Total African Americans
1 Detroit, MI 82.7 670,226
2 Gary, IN 80.92 75,282 [1]
3 Jackson, MS 79.4 137,716
4 Chester, PA 77.8 26,429
5 Miami Gardens, FL 76.3 81,776
6 Orangeburg, SC 75.04 13,964
7 Birmingham, AL 73.4 155,791
8 Albany, GA 71.6 55,442
9 Baltimore, MD 63.7 395,781
10 Memphis, TN 62.6 607,309
11 New Orleans, LA 60.2 206,871
12 Baton Rouge, LA 58.5 126,250
13 Wilmington, DE 58 41,326
14 Flint, MI 56.6 57,939
15 Savannah, GA 55.4 75,507
16 Augusta, GA 54.7 107,182
17 Shreveport, LA 54.7 109,022
18 Montgomery, AL 54.5 116,524
19 Atlanta, GA 54.0 325,894
20 Cleveland, OH 53.3 211,672

Top 10 Cities of over 100,000 with the highest percentage of African-American people
Top Ten cities with 100,000 or more total population and the highest percentages of African-Americans, alone or with other races[2]
City Total population African Americans,
alone or with other races		 African Americans, alone Mixed-race African-American
RankPercentage of
total population		 RankPercentage of
total population		 RankPercentage of
total population
Detroit, Michigan713,777184.3182.72421.6
Jackson, Mississippi173,514280.1279.42420.7
Miami Gardens, Florida107,167377.9376.3911.6
Birmingham, Alabama212,237474.0473.42570.6
Baltimore, Maryland620,961565.1563.71341.3
Memphis, Tennessee646,889664.1663.32250.8
New Orleans, Louisiana343,831761.2660.21841.0
Flint, Michigan102,434859.5856.692.9
Montgomery, Alabama205,764957.4856.62310.8
Savannah, Georgia136,2861056.71055.41391.3

Top 10 Cities with the largest number of African American people
Ten cities with 100,000 or more total population
and the highest number of African Americans[3]
City Total
population		 African Americans,
alone or mixed with other races		 African Americans,
alone		 Mixed-race African Americans
RankNumber RankNumber RankNumber
New York, NY8,375,13312,228,14512,088,5101139,635
Chicago, IL2,701,5982913,0092887,608325,401
Philadelphia, PA1,526,0063686,8703661,839425,031
Houston, TX2,378,4514611,3904590,2261311,762
Detroit, MI672,7775535,9005498,466811,751
Memphis, TN646,8896414,9286409,687585,241
Baltimore, MD601,9617403,9987395,781298,217
Los Angeles, CA3,992,6218402,8728365,118237,330
Washington, DC684,7239314,3529305,125229,227
Charlotte, NC857,42510313,20410298,993239,094

See also

Notes and references
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. http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/gary-in-population/
  2. The Black Population: 2010 (PDF) (Report). U.S. Census Bureau. Table 7.
  3. The Black Population: 2010 (PDF) (Report). U.S. Census Bureau. Table 6.


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