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, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia, California, Georgia.

[edit] Cities with Highest Percentage of African-Americans

The following data was sourced from the 2000 U.S. Census.

Rank City Percentage Black
1 Gary, Indiana 84.03
2 Detroit, Michigan 81.55
3 Baldwin Hills, California 80.07
4 Birmingham, Alabama 73.46
5 Jackson, Mississippi 70.64
6 New Orleans, Louisiana 67.25
7 Baltimore, Maryland 64.34
8 Memphis, Tennessee 61.41
9 Atlanta, Georgia 61.39
10 Washington, D.C. 60.01
11 Richmond, Virginia 57.19
12 Savannah, Georgia 57.08
13 Newark, New Jersey 53.46
14 Flint, Michigan 53.27
15 St. Louis, Missouri 51.20
16 Cleveland, Ohio 50.99
17 Shreveport, Louisiana 50.80
18 Portsmouth, Virginia 50.61
19 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 50.02
20 Augusta, Georgia 49.75
21 Montgomery, Alabama 49.63
22 Inglewood, California 47.13
23 Mobile, Alabama 46.29
24 Columbia, South Carolina 46.00
25 Beaumont, Texas 45.85
26 Hampton, Virginia 44.68
27 Norfolk, Virginia 44.11
28 Durham, North Carolina 43.81
29 Columbus, Georgia 43.74
30 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 43.22
31 Dayton, Ohio 43.13
32 Cincinnati, Ohio 42.92
33 Fayetteville, North Carolina 42.42
34 Little Rock, Arkansas 40.41
35 Newport News, Virginia 39.07
36 Rochester, New York 38.55
37 Hartford, Connecticut 38.05
38 Greensboro, North Carolina 37.40
39 New Haven, Connecticut 37.36
40 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 37.34
41 Buffalo, New York 37.23
42 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 37.10
43 Chicago, Illinois 36.77
44 (tie) Chattanooga, Tennessee 36.06
44 (tie) Richmond, California 36.06
46 Oakland, California 35.66
47 Tallahassee, Florida 34.24
48 Louisville, Kentucky (See note 2) 33.01
49 Paterson, New Jersey 32.90
50 Charlotte, North Carolina 32.72
51 Kansas City, Missouri 31.23
52 Bridgeport, Connecticut 30.76
53 Huntsville, Alabama 30.21
54 Kansas City, Kansas 30.12

Note: Louisville, Kentucky no longer belongs in this list, as its African American percentage is now noticeably lower than it was in 2000. In 2003, Louisville formed a consolidated city-county government with its surrounding county, Jefferson County. Today's city of Louisville includes all formerly unincorporated areas within Jefferson County, most of which had a much higher proportion of whites than the former city.

[edit] Metropolitan Areas with Highest Percentage of African-Americans

The following data was sourced from the 2000 U.S. Census.

Rank City Percentage Black
1 Jackson, Mississippi MSA 45.6
2 Memphis, Tennessee (TN-AR-MS) MSA 43.4
3 New Orleans, Louisiana MSA 37.5
4 Columbia, South Carolina MSA 32.1
5 Baton Rouge, Louisiana MSA 31.9
6 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Virginia MSA 30.9
7 Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia MSA 30.2
8 Birmingham, Alabama MSA 30.1
9 Atlanta, Georgia MSA 27.5
10 Washington, District of Columbia (DC-MD-VA-WV) PMSA 26.2
11 New York, New York PMSA 23.3
12 Detroit, Michigan PMSA 23.1
13 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina MSA 22.7
14 Newark, New Jersey PMSA 22.1
15 Jacksonville, Florida MSA 21.7
16 Fort Lauderdale, Florida PMSA 20.8
17 Charlotte-Gastonia, North Carolina-Rock Hill, South Carolina MSA 20.5
18 Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, North Carolina MSA 20.2
19 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PMSA 20.1

[edit] See also

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