RankCityMetropolitan Area Population 2020 United States Census[1]African-American Population Size, 100,000 or more (2020 United States Census)[2]African-American Population Size (2010 Census)[3]% Change (2010-2020)Percentage African-American (2020)
33Jackson, Mississippi591,978282,692257,021+9.99%47.8
12Memphis, Tennessee (TN-AR-MS)1,337,779612,104601,043+1.84%45.8
72Macon, Georgia233,802104,157100,934+3.19%44.5
50Montgomery, Alabama386,047167,315159,330+5.01%43.3
61Columbus, Georgia (GA-AL)328,883136,849119,023+14.98%41.6
55Shreveport, Louisiana393,406155,018155,174−0.10%39.4
41Augusta, Georgia (GA-SC)611,000212,570196,695+8.07%34.8
57Mobile, Alabama430,197149,572142,992+4.60%34.8
30Baton Rouge, Louisiana870,569302,477285,911+5.79%34.7
48Fayetteville, North Carolina520,378171,793132,833+29.33%34.3
2Atlanta, Georgia6,089,8152,084,2121,707,913+22.03%34.2
16New Orleans, Louisiana1,271,845423,909397,095+6.75%33.3
36Columbia, South Carolina829,470269,093255,104+5.48%32.4
65Tallahassee, Florida384,298121,168119,320+1.55%31.5
64Savannah, Georgia404,798124,644117,726+5.88%30.8
14Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Virginia (VA-NC)1,799,674544,740522,409+4.27%30.3
28Birmingham, Alabama1,115,289328,242318,373+3.10%29.4
11Baltimore, Maryland2,844,510811,018778,879+4.13%28.5
20Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia1,314,434364,714375,427−2.85%27.7
42Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina776,566207,385184,730+12.26%26.7
52Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina649,903162,744136,543+19.19%25.0
4Washington, District of Columbia (DC-MD-VA-WV)6,385,1621,562,3401,438,436+8.61%24.5
67Lafayette, Louisiana478,384117,26773,112+60.39%24.5
47Little Rock, Arkansas748,031173,297155,081+11.75%23.2
45Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina799,636183,724184,019−0.16%23.0
9Detroit, Michigan4,392,041961,076980,451−1.98%21.9
13Charlotte, North Carolina (NC-SC)2,660,329581,927421,105+38.19%21.9
71Huntsville, Alabama491,723105,37390,805+16.04%21.4
23Jacksonville, Florida1,605,848341,206292,881+16.50%21.2
5Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA-NJ-DE-MD)6,245,0511,273,1201,241,780+2.52%20.4
18Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio2,088,251410,206416,528−1.52%19.6
8Miami, Florida6,138,3331,194,3341,206,470−1.01%19.5
38Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina1,413,982258,213228,268+13.12%18.3
15St. Louis, Missouri (MO-IL)2,820,253506,762516,446−1.88%18.0
6Houston, Texas7,122,2401,237,9341,023,065+21.00%17.4
68Winston-Salem, North Carolina675,966116,59796,928+20.29%17.2
22San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico2,081,265N/A344,956N/A16.6
3Chicago, Illinois (IL-IN-WI)9,618,5021,576,9521,645,993−4.19%16.4
39Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisconsin1,574,731255,992261,010−1.92%16.3
1New York, New York (NY-NJ-PA)20,140,4703,237,7893,352,616−3.42%16.1
7Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas7,637,3871,220,934961,800+26.94%16.0
27Columbus, Ohio2,138,926334,842273,560+22.40%15.7
62Dayton-Kettering, Ohio814,049127,807125,815+1.58%15.7
17Orlando, Florida2,673,376410,855344,820+19.15%15.4
59Greenville-Anderson, South Carolina928,195143,173106,284+34.71%15.4
29Indianapolis, Indiana2,111,040317,192263,376+20.43%15.0
44Louisville, Kentucky MSA (KY-IN)1,285,439189,663176,107+7.70%14.8
70Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida725,046105,53388,833+18.80%14.6
32Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee1,989,519284,784242,264+17.55%14.3
66New Haven-Milford, Connecticut864,835118,933109,850+8.27%13.8
56Buffalo-Niagara Falls-Cheektowaga, New York1,166,902151,535138,782+9.19%13.0
31Las Vegas, Nevada2,265,461286,684204,379+40.27%12.7
35Cincinnati, Ohio (OH-KY-IN)2,256,884273,322255,905+6.81%12.1
37Kansas City, Missouri (MO-KS)2,192,035262,220254,509+3.03%12.0
19Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida3,175,275375,855329,334+14.13%11.8
63Rochester, New York1,090,135127,406122,611+3.91%11.7
60Hartford, Connecticut1,213,531141,209131,929+7.03%11.6
69Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut957,419106,75699,317+7.49%11.2
58Oklahoma City, Oklahoma1,425,695146,494130,597+12.17%10.3
25Minneapolis-Saint Paul3,690,261337,652243,414+38.72%9.1
43Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania2,370,930199,469196,755+1.38%8.4
21Boston, Massachusetts (MA-NH)4,941,632364,054331,292+9.89%7.4
24Riverside-San Bernardino, California4,599,839341,035322,405+5.78%7.4
26San Francisco-Oakland, California4,749,008335,135363,905−7.91%7.1
46San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas2,558,143181,016141,468+27.96%7.1
49Sacramento, California2,397,382167,386158,426+5.66%7.0
53Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas2,283,371160,079127,397+25.65%7.0
10Los Angeles, California13,200,998848,206907,618−6.55%6.4
40Seattle, Washington4,018,762246,767191,967+28.55%6.1
34Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona4,845,832282,437207,734+35.96%5.8
51Denver-Aurora, Colorado2,963,821166,100143,128+16.05%5.6
54San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California3,298,634155,813158,213−1.52%4.7

References

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  2. ^ U.S. Census Bureau (August 2020). "U.S. Census website"United States Census Bureau.