List of U.S. metropolitan areas with large African-American populations explained

The following is a list of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States with large African American populations. As a result of slavery, more than half of African Americans live in the South.^[1] The data is sourced from the 2010 and 2020 United States Censuses.

By 2020 Census population

Rank	City	Metropolitan Area Population 2020 United States Census[2]	African-American Population Size, 100,000 or more (2020 United States Census)[3]	African-American Population Size (2010 Census)[4]	% Change (2010-2020)	Percentage African-American (2020)
1	New York, New York (NY-NJ-PA) MSA	20,140,470		16.1
2	Atlanta, Georgia MSA	6,089,815		34.2
3	Chicago, Illinois (IL-IN-WI) MSA	9,618,502		16.4
4	Washington, District of Columbia (DC-MD-VA-WV) MSA	6,385,162		24.5
5	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA-NJ-DE-MD) MSA	6,245,051		20.4
6	Houston, Texas MSA	7,122,240		18
7	Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas MSA	7,637,387		16.0
8	Miami, Florida MSA	6,138,333		19.5
9	Detroit, Michigan MSA	4,392,041		21.9
10	Los Angeles, California MSA	13,200,998		6.4
11	Baltimore, Maryland MSA	2,844,510		28.5
12	Memphis, Tennessee (TN-AR-MS) MSA	1,337,779		45.8
13	Charlotte, North Carolina (NC-SC) MSA	2,660,329		21.9
14	Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Virginia (VA-NC) MSA	1,799,674		30.3
15	St. Louis, Missouri (MO-IL) MSA	2,820,253		18.0
16	New Orleans, Louisiana MSA	1,271,845		33.3
17	Orlando, Florida MSA	2,673,376		15.4
18	Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio MSA	2,088,251		19.6
19	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida MSA	3,175,275		11.8
20	Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia MSA	1,314,434		27.7
21	Boston, Massachusetts (MA-NH) NECMA	4,941,632		7.4
22	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico MSA	2,081,265	N/A	344,956	N/A	16.6
23	Jacksonville, Florida MSA	1,605,848		21.2
24	Riverside-San Bernardino, California MSA	4,599,839		7.4
25	Minneapolis-Saint Paul MSA	3,690,261		9.1
26	San Francisco-Oakland, California MSA	4,749,008		7.1
27	Columbus, Ohio MSA	2,138,926		15.7
28	Birmingham, Alabama MSA	1,115,289		29.4
29	Indianapolis, Indiana MSA	2,111,040		15.0
30	Baton Rouge, Louisiana MSA	870,569		34.7
31	Las Vegas, Nevada MSA	2,265,461		12.7
32	Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee MSA	1,989,519		14.3
33	Jackson, Mississippi MSA	591,978		47.8
34	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona MSA	4,845,832		5.8
35	Cincinnati, Ohio (OH-KY-IN) MSA	2,256,884		12.1
36	Columbia, South Carolina MSA	829,470		32.4
37	Kansas City, Missouri (MO-KS) MSA	2,192,035		12.0
38	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina MSA	1,413,982		18.3
39	Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisconsin MSA	1,574,731		16.3
40	Seattle, Washington MSA	4,018,762		6.1
41	Augusta, Georgia (GA-SC) MSA	611,000		34.8
42	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina MSA	776,566		26.7
43	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MSA	2,370,930		8.4
44	Louisville, Kentucky MSA (KY-IN) MSA	1,285,439		14.8
45	Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina MSA	799,636		23.0
46	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas MSA	2,558,143		7.1
47	Little Rock, Arkansas MSA	748,031		23.2
48	Fayetteville, North Carolina MSA	520,378		34.3
49	Sacramento, California MSA	2,397,382		7.0
50	Montgomery, Alabama MSA	386,047		43.3
51	Denver-Aurora, Colorado MSA	2,963,821		5.6
52	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina MSA	649,903		25.0
53	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas MSA	2,283,371		7.0
54	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California MSA	3,298,634		4.7
55	Shreveport, Louisiana MSA	393,406		39.4
56	Buffalo-Niagara Falls-Cheektowaga, New York MSA	1,166,902		13.0
57	Mobile, Alabama MSA	430,197		34.8
58	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma MSA	1,425,695		10.3
59	Greenville-Anderson, South Carolina MSA	928,195		15.4
60	Hartford, Connecticut MSA	1,213,531		11.6
61	Columbus, Georgia (GA-AL) MSA	328,883		41.6
62	Dayton-Kettering, Ohio MSA	814,049		15.7
63	Rochester, New York MSA	1,090,135		11.7
64	Savannah, Georgia MSA	404,798		30.8
65	Tallahassee, Florida MSA	384,298		31.5
66	New Haven-Milford, Connecticut MSA	864,835		13.8
67	Lafayette, Louisiana MSA	478,384		24.5
68	Winston-Salem, North Carolina MSA	675,966		17.2
69	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut MSA	957,419		11.2
70	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida MSA	725,046		14.6
71	Huntsville, Alabama MSA	491,723		21.4
72	Macon, Georgia MSA	233,802		44.5

See also

• African American neighborhoods
• List of African American neighborhoods
• List of U.S. cities with large African-American populations
• List of U.S. states by African-American population
• List of West Indian communities in the United States

References

1. Web site: Greenwood . Shannon . 2021-03-25 . The Growing Diversity of Black America . 2023-03-11 . Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends Project . en-US.
2. Web site: 2020 Population and Housing State Data . United States Census Bureau, Population Division . August 12, 2021 . August 14, 2021.
3. Web site: County Population by Characteristics: 2020. United States Census Bureau, Population Division . August 2021 . August 26, 2021.
4. Web site: U.S. Census website. U.S. Census Bureau. United States Census Bureau. August 2020.