The list contains the names of cities, districts, and neighborhoods in the U.S. that are predominantly African American or that are strongly associated with African-American culture— either currently or historically. Included are areas that contain high concentrations of blacks or African Americans. Not counted are Afro-Caribbeans, Afro-Latinos, Afro-Asian, Afro-Indian, Afro-Polynesian, West African, and Sub-Saharan African immigrants.
The largest African-American community is in Atlanta, Georgia; followed by Washington, DC; Houston, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida;List of U.S. metropolitan areas with large African-American populations and Detroit, Michigan. About 80 percent of the city population is African-American. A quarter of Metro Detroit (Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties) are African-American.
Neighborhoods and Master Planned Communities
Alabama Birmingham 16th Street East Thomas Ensley North Birmingham Smithfield Titusville Black Belt of Alabama – 18 counties in Alabama, a total of 52% African-American population. Hobson City Mobile Dauphin Square Leinkauf Montgomery Prichard Skyline White Hall
Alaska Fairbanks
Arizona
Arcadia, Maricopa County, Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona Chandler, Maricopa County Southeast of Phoenix, next to Gilbert Dunbar Spring Tucson, Pima County, Arizona Gilbert, Maricopa County Glendale, Maricopa County Goodyear, Maricopa County Marana, Pima County, Northwest of Tucson Maryvale Phoenix Randolph, Pinal County (historical) Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona
Arkansas
Altheimer
Birdsong
Conway
Cross Roads, Arkansas
Dumas
Gould
Grady
Helena and West Helena
Hensley
Jonesboro
Lake Village
Little Rock East Little Rock Southwest
Pine Bluff
Stuttgart
Tucker
West Memphis
California Allensworth in Tulare County (historical)
Antelope ValleyTexeira, Erin. "Migrants From L.A. Flow to Affordable Suburbs Such as Inland Empire." Los Angeles Times. March 30, 2001. Retrieved on April 3, 2014.
Avenal
Bakersfield Lakeview Oleander/Sunset Southwest Bakersfield
Berkeley Lorin District South Berkeley West Berkeley
Blacks Beach, Santa Monica (historic).
Bruce's Beach, Manhattan Beach (historic).
California City
Chowchilla
Woodland Park, Chula Vista
Corcoran
East Palo Alto – one of Silicon Valley's largest Black percentage cities, declined from a Black majority or plurality in 1970s and 1980s (17% from 2010)
Emeryville
Fairfield Tolenas
Folsom (historic Negro Bar).
Fresno Edison (Southwest Fresno)
Hayward – communities found in Jackson Triangle, North Hayward, and Upper B Street areas.
HerculesMapping black California arcgis.com Lake Elsinore – Yarborough neighborhood of Old Town. Riverside County – goes back to the 1880s when the city incorporated (historic).
Long Beach – Concentrated near north of 10th Street and south of Willow Street, east of Long Beach Boulevard and west of Walnut Avenue. Davenport Park Central Long Beach North Ramona Park
Los Angeles Adams Lake (decreasingly black). Adams-Normandie Baldwin Hills (some in unincorporated county area) Bronzeville (historic) Chesterfield Square Crenshaw Exposition Park Gramercy Park Green Meadows Hyde Park Jefferson Park Lafayette Square Lake View Terrace Leimert Park Little Ethiopia (home to an Ethiopian and Eritrean community) Manchester Square Mid City Normandie Gardens (Southwest Los Angeles) Pico-Union (historic, no longer very black) South of Interstate 10 in South L.A. (historic, now abandoned, called "Ghost Town") South Central (Florence/Normandie intersection site of 1992 riot) Venice (Oakwood) Vermont Knolls Vermont Square Vermont Vista Victoria Park Village Green Watts West Adams Westchester
Los Angeles County Altadena Athens Carson Compton (especially in Downtown Compton and Sunny Cove) "Freetown", Whittier Gardena Hawthorne Inglewood Crenshaw-Imperial Hollywood Park Morningside Park North Inglewood Ladera Heights Lancaster Palmdale Pomona Sun Village View Park-Windsor Hills West Athens West Compton Westmont Willowbrook
Marin City
Merced Loughborough, North Merced Childs Ave, South Merced Glen Ave, East Merced
Oakland Acorn Projects Beulah (historic district) Broadway Auto Row Brookfield Village Bushrod Park Campbell Village Court Cypress Hill or "the Tree" (more Mexican and Latino). Chabot Park Cypress Village Dimond District Dogtown Downtown Oakland Eastmont East Oakland Elmhurst Ghost Town Golden Gate Havenscourt Lincoln Park/ Lincoln Square (more Chinese and Asian). Lockwood Gardens Longfellow Lower Bottoms Lower Oakland. Maxwell Park Millsmont North Oakland, which also includes Ethiopian and Eritrean American communities Ralph Bunche San Antonio Santa Fe Seminary Sequoyah Heights Sobrante Park West Oakland
Pasadena (esp southwest side and South Pasadena)
Pinole
Pittsburg
Richmond Fairmede-Hilltop Iron Triangle Parchester Village
Riverside – Blaine Park. East Side Riverside – along University and Chicago Avenues. North End Riverside. Raincross Square – downtown. University City. University Heights.
Nearby cities: Blythe – (15% black) Crossley Tract,33.79778105378367, -116.47712720760501 Palm Springs extends to Cathedral City. Desert Highland Gateway Estates, Palm Springs.33.8632889,-116.5546881 Desert Hot Springs. Dream Homes Subdivision, Cathedral City,33.829614922161156, -116.49082795050415 (near Palm Springs).
Mead Valley. Moreno Valley – (17% black). Nobles Ranch near Indio Fashion Mall, Indio. North End, Palm Springs. Desert Highland Gateway Estates Palm Springs Villas II Mountain Gate Perris – esp. near March Air Base. Section 14, Palm Springs (historic, abandoned in the 1960s). West Indio (Nairobi Village) (limited).
Sacramento Del Paso Heights Meadowview area. Natomas North Sacramento Oak Park
Nearby cities: Elk Grove Fruitridge Pocket Parkway
San Bernardino area – Downtown San Bernardino. Indian Springs, near Seccombe Lake Park. Mount Vernon Avenue. University District, San Bernardino (Kendall Farms and North Park). Waterman-North End. West Side San Bernardino.
Nearby cities: Adelanto – 20.5% due to most leaving to San Bernardino County and the Victorville area. Alta Loma in Rancho Cucamonga. Barstow – concentrated in northeast Barstow along with Hispanics. Downtown Colton – among many Hispanics. Fontana – esp. north of Foothill Blvd. Highland. Muscoy – unincorporated. Rialto – esp. East side. Twentynine Palms near 29 Palms USMC Base. Victorville – esp. Eagle Ranch. west side Rancho Cucamonga.
San Diego Broadway Heights Chollas View City Heights Emerald Hills Encanto Lincoln Park Mount Hope Mountain View North Park Skyline Southeast San Diego Valencia Park San Diego area- Calipatria Lemon Grove Oceanside (over 5%, Camp Pendleton).
San Francisco Bayview-Hunters Point Fillmore District India Basin Ocean View Potrero Terrace Sunnydale Western Addition
San Jose Alameda Street (gentrified in the 2000s). Almaden – formerly black area. Autumn Street/West Side (historic, no longer mostly black). Burbank, Santa Clara County, California/ Burbank District in San Jose. Northwest side – has the historic Coachella Valley Church.
Bristol Street, McFadden Avenue, Raitt Street and Santa Ana Boulevard in Santa Ana
Santa Clara
Santa Rosa - South Park (historic), and Black/Eritrean communities in Northcoast Street/Piner Road area
Seaside
Stockton Downtown Stockton Kentfield Weberstown
Suisun City (20%) – Solano County.
Susanville
Tehachapi
Vallejo North Vallejo South Vallejo West Vallejo
Val Verde resort (historic).
Weed Lincoln Heights (mostly burned down in September 2022 fire; parts of Weed have some Black residents but fewer compared to mid-20th century when most of the Black community worked on the railroads).
Mono Lake and nearby Bishop, Mammoth Lakes and Round Valley developed large Black percentages near the NV state line. Blythe, Big River, Havasu and Needles near the AZ state line. And towards Oregon (Siskiyou county) and the Mexican border (Imperial valley)
Colorado Aurora
Colorado Springs Southeast Colorado Springs
Denver East Denver Five Points Montbello North Park Hill Northeast Park Hill
Fountain
Connecticut Bloomfield
Blue Hills
Bridgeport
Capaco
Danbury
North End, Hartford
Middletown
New Haven Hill Newhallville Fair Haven Beaver Hills
New London
Norwalk
Stamford
Waterbury
District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
Peaking at 75% black in the mid-1970s after five previous decades of the Great Migration increased the black population five-fold, DC is 46–49% black in 2018. DC remains the largest African-American percentage population of any state or territory in the mainland US.
Adams Morgan Anacostia Arboretum Barry Farm Barney Circle Bellevue Benning Benning Ridge Brentwood Buena Vista Burrville Capitol Hill Carver Langston Central Northeast Civic Betterment Cleveland Park Congress Heights Deanwood Douglass Dupont Park Eastland Gardens Eckington Edgewood Fairfax Village Fairlawn Foggy Bottom Fort Davis Fort Dupont Fort Lincoln Garfield Heights Good Hope Greenway Hillbrook Hillcrest Ivy City Kenilworth Kingman Park Knox Hill Langdon Lincoln Heights Logan Circle Marshall Heights Mayfair Michigan Park Mount Pleasant Naylor Gardens North Michigan Park Northwest side (closer to Mount Pleasant) Penn Branch Petworth Randle Highlands River Terrace Riggs Park Shaw Shipley Terrace Skyland The Strivers' Section Sursum Corda Trinidad, Washington, D.C. Twining U Street Corridor Washington Highlands Woodland Woodridge
Florida
Angola
Collier County Ave Maria Ave Maria
East Dunbar, Fort Myers
Fort Lauderdale Deepside Franklin Park Golden Heights Washington Park
Gretna
Hillsborough County Lutz, Florida New Tampa, Florida Riverview, Florida Ruskin, Florida Tampa Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa Central Tampa College Hill East Tampa, Florida * New Tampa, Florida West Tampa Valrico, Florida Westchase, Florida Wimauma, Florida
Jacksonville Brooklyn LaVilla
Lee County Bonita Springs Cape Coral Fort Myers
Miami and Miami-Dade County Brownsville Carol City, neighborhood of Miami Gardens Coconut Grove Goulds Liberty City Little Haiti Miami Gardens Model City Opa-locka Overtown Richmond Heights West Perrine
Orange County Eatonville - highest percentage in FL. Orlando (Central section). Parramore, Orlando Pine Hills Tangelo
Newtown, Palatka
Kendall Green, Pompano Beach
Palm Beach County Belle Glade Pahokee West Palm Beach
Pasco County Wesley Chapel
Polk County Moorehead, now the site of RP Funding Center Webster Park
Prospect Bluff Historic Sites
Riviera Beach
Rosewood (historic)
Fort Mose Historic State Park, St. Augustine
Sanford
Sea Islands (northern coast), home to the Gullah and Geechee peoples (African creoles).
South Bay
Frenchtown, Tallahassee
St. Johns County St. Augustine
Carver Ranches, West Park
Georgia Atlanta - majority African-American. Adamsville Bankhead Ben Hill Camilla Cascade Heights College Park Collier Heights Conyers Covington Decatur - Dublin Duluth (20.2%) East Point Fairburn Fort Valley Fulton County Gainesville Sandy Springs Kirkwood Lawrenceville Louisville Mableton Macon Marietta Mechanicsville Morrow Newnan (30.6%) Old Fourth Ward Palmetto (56.9%) Peachtree Corners (23.3%) Powder Springs Riverdale Russell Sandtown Smyrna Southwestern Atlanta Summerhill Sweet Auburn Union City Warner Robins Washington Park West End
Albany
Augusta
Bellevue, Macon
Cairo
Clayton County Jonesboro Morrow
Douglasville
Hancock County
Hinesville
Jefferson County
Lithonia
Macon
Savannah
Sea Islands (southern coast), home to the Gullah and Geechee peoples (African creoles).
Stewart County
Stone Mountain Downtown