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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

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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.

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]

## List

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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

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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

## See also

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* United States portal
* Cities portal

* African Americans
* List of U.S. states by African-American population
* List of U.S. counties with African-American majority populations
* List of U.S. metropolitan areas with large African-American populations
* List of U.S. communities with African American majority populations
* List of African American neighborhoods
* African Americans in Atlanta
* African Americans in New York City
* History of African Americans
* History of African Americans in Baltimore
* History of African Americans in Boston
* History of African Americans in Chicago
* History of African Americans in Dallas-Ft. Worth
* History of African Americans in Detroit
* History of African Americans in Houston
* History of African Americans in Jacksonville
* History of African Americans in Philadelphia
* History of African Americans in San Antonio
* History of African Americans in Austin
* List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations
* List of United States cities by percentage of white population
* Demographics of the United States
* Lists of U.S. cities with large ethnic population

## 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

[edit]

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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