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

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. 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	African-American Population Size, 100,000 or more (2020 United States Census)	African-American Population Size (2010 Census)	% Change (2010–2020)	Percentage African-American (2020)
1	New York, New York (NY-NJ-PA) MSA	20,140,470	3,237,789	3,352,616	−3.42%	16.1
2	Atlanta, Georgia MSA	6,089,815	2,084,212	1,707,913	+22.03%	34.2
3	Chicago, Illinois (IL-IN-WI) MSA	9,618,502	1,576,952	1,645,993	−4.19%	16.4
4	Washington, District of Columbia (DC-MD-VA-WV) MSA	6,385,162	1,562,340	1,438,436	+8.61%	24.5
5	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA-NJ-DE-MD) MSA	6,245,051	1,273,120	1,241,780	+2.52%	20.4
6	Houston, Texas MSA	7,122,240	1,267,934	1,023,065	+23.93%	18
7	Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas MSA	7,637,387	1,220,934	961,800	+26.94%	16.0
8	Miami, Florida MSA	6,138,333	1,194,334	1,206,470	−1.01%	19.5
9	Detroit, Michigan MSA	4,392,041	961,076	980,451	−1.98%	21.9
10	Los Angeles, California MSA	13,200,998	848,206	907,618	−6.55%	6.4
11	Baltimore, Maryland MSA	2,844,510	811,018	778,879	+4.13%	28.5
12	Memphis, Tennessee (TN-AR-MS) MSA	1,337,779	612,104	601,043	+1.84%	45.8
13	Charlotte, North Carolina (NC-SC) MSA	2,660,329	581,927	421,105	+38.19%	21.9
14	Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Virginia (VA-NC) MSA	1,799,674	544,740	522,409	+4.27%	30.3
15	St. Louis, Missouri (MO-IL) MSA	2,820,253	506,762	516,446	−1.88%	18.0
16	New Orleans, Louisiana MSA	1,271,845	423,909	397,095	+6.75%	33.3
17	Orlando, Florida MSA	2,673,376	410,855	344,820	+19.15%	15.4
18	Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio MSA	2,088,251	410,206	416,528	−1.52%	19.6
19	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida MSA	3,175,275	375,855	329,334	+14.13%	11.8
20	Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia MSA	1,314,434	364,714	375,427	−2.85%	27.7
21	Boston, Massachusetts (MA-NH) NECMA	4,941,632	364,054	331,292	+9.89%	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	341,206	292,881	+16.50%	21.2
24	Riverside-San Bernardino, California MSA	4,599,839	341,035	322,405	+5.78%	7.4
25	Minneapolis-Saint Paul MSA	3,690,261	337,652	243,414	+38.72%	9.1
26	San Francisco-Oakland, California MSA	4,749,008	335,135	363,905	−7.91%	7.1
27	Columbus, Ohio MSA	2,138,926	334,842	273,560	+22.40%	15.7
28	Birmingham, Alabama MSA	1,115,289	328,242	318,373	+3.10%	29.4
29	Indianapolis, Indiana MSA	2,111,040	317,192	263,376	+20.43%	15.0
30	Baton Rouge, Louisiana MSA	870,569	302,477	285,911	+5.79%	34.7
31	Las Vegas, Nevada MSA	2,265,461	286,684	204,379	+40.27%	12.7
32	Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee MSA	1,989,519	284,784	242,264	+17.55%	14.3
33	Jackson, Mississippi MSA	591,978	282,692	257,021	+9.99%	47.8
34	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona MSA	4,845,832	282,437	207,734	+35.96%	5.8
35	Cincinnati, Ohio (OH-KY-IN) MSA	2,256,884	273,322	255,905	+6.81%	12.1
36	Columbia, South Carolina MSA	829,470	269,093	255,104	+5.48%	32.4
37	Kansas City, Missouri (MO-KS) MSA	2,192,035	262,220	254,509	+3.03%	12.0
38	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina MSA	1,413,982	258,213	228,268	+13.12%	18.3
39	Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisconsin MSA	1,574,731	255,992	261,010	−1.92%	16.3
40	Seattle, Washington MSA	4,018,762	246,767	191,967	+28.55%	6.1
41	Augusta, Georgia (GA-SC) MSA	611,000	212,570	196,695	+8.07%	34.8
42	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina MSA	776,566	207,385	184,730	+12.26%	26.7
43	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MSA	2,370,930	199,469	196,755	+1.38%	8.4
44	Louisville, Kentucky MSA (KY-IN) MSA	1,285,439	189,663	176,107	+7.70%	14.8
45	Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina MSA	799,636	183,724	184,019	−0.16%	23.0
46	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas MSA	2,558,143	181,016	141,468	+27.96%	7.1
47	Little Rock, Arkansas MSA	748,031	173,297	155,081	+11.75%	23.2
48	Fayetteville, North Carolina MSA	520,378	171,793	132,833	+29.33%	34.3
49	Sacramento, California MSA	2,397,382	167,386	158,426	+5.66%	7.0
50	Montgomery, Alabama MSA	386,047	167,315	159,330	+5.01%	43.3
51	Denver-Aurora, Colorado MSA	2,963,821	166,100	143,128	+16.05%	5.6
52	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina MSA	649,903	162,744	136,543	+19.19%	25.0
53	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas MSA	2,283,371	160,079	127,397	+25.65%	7.0
54	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California MSA	3,298,634	155,813	158,213	−1.52%	4.7
55	Shreveport, Louisiana MSA	393,406	155,018	155,174	−0.10%	39.4
56	Buffalo-Niagara Falls-Cheektowaga, New York MSA	1,166,902	151,535	138,782	+9.19%	13.0
57	Mobile, Alabama MSA	430,197	149,572	142,992	+4.60%	34.8
58	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma MSA	1,425,695	146,494	130,597	+12.17%	10.3
59	Greenville-Anderson, South Carolina MSA	928,195	143,173	106,284	+34.71%	15.4
60	Hartford, Connecticut MSA	1,213,531	141,209	131,929	+7.03%	11.6
61	Columbus, Georgia (GA-AL) MSA	328,883	136,849	119,023	+14.98%	41.6
62	Dayton-Kettering, Ohio MSA	814,049	127,807	125,815	+1.58%	15.7
63	Rochester, New York MSA	1,090,135	127,406	122,611	+3.91%	11.7
64	Savannah, Georgia MSA	404,798	124,644	117,726	+5.88%	30.8
65	Tallahassee, Florida MSA	384,298	121,168	119,320	+1.55%	31.5
66	New Haven-Milford, Connecticut MSA	864,835	118,933	109,850	+8.27%	13.8
67	Lafayette, Louisiana MSA	478,384	117,267	73,112	+60.39%	24.5
68	Winston-Salem, North Carolina MSA	675,966	116,597	96,928	+20.29%	17.2
69	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut MSA	957,419	106,756	99,317	+7.49%	11.2
70	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida MSA	725,046	105,533	88,833	+18.80%	14.6
71	Huntsville, Alabama MSA	491,723	105,373	90,805	+16.04%	21.4
72	Macon, Georgia MSA	233,802	104,157	100,934	+3.19%	44.5

See also

• United States portal

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