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 RankCityMetropolitan Area Population 2020 United States CensusAfrican-American Population Size, 100,000 or more (2020 United States Census)African-American Population Size (2010 Census)% Change (2010–2020)Percentage African-American (2020)1New York, New York (NY-NJ-PA) MSA20,140,470 16.12Atlanta, Georgia MSA6,089,815 34.23Chicago, Illinois (IL-IN-WI) MSA9,618,502 16.44Washington, District of Columbia (DC-MD-VA-WV) MSA6,385,162 24.55Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA-NJ-DE-MD) MSA6,245,051 20.46Houston, Texas MSA7,122,240 187Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas MSA7,637,387 16.08Miami, Florida MSA 6,138,333 19.59Detroit, Michigan MSA4,392,041 21.910Los Angeles, California MSA13,200,998 6.411Baltimore, Maryland MSA2,844,510 28.512Memphis, Tennessee (TN-AR-MS) MSA1,337,779 45.813Charlotte, North Carolina (NC-SC) MSA2,660,329 21.914Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Virginia (VA-NC) MSA1,799,674 30.315St. Louis, Missouri (MO-IL) MSA2,820,253 18.016New Orleans, Louisiana MSA1,271,845 33.317Orlando, Florida MSA2,673,376 15.418Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio MSA2,088,251 19.619Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida MSA3,175,275 11.820Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia MSA1,314,434 27.721Boston, Massachusetts (MA-NH) NECMA4,941,632 7.422San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico MSA2,081,265N/A344,956N/A 16.623Jacksonville, Florida MSA1,605,848 21.224Riverside-San Bernardino, California MSA4,599,839 7.425Minneapolis-Saint Paul MSA3,690,261 9.126San Francisco-Oakland, California MSA4,749,008 7.127Columbus, Ohio MSA2,138,926 15.728Birmingham, Alabama MSA1,115,289 29.429Indianapolis, Indiana MSA2,111,040 15.030Baton Rouge, Louisiana MSA870,569 34.731Las Vegas, Nevada MSA2,265,461 12.732Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee MSA1,989,519 14.333Jackson, Mississippi MSA591,978 47.834Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona MSA4,845,832 5.835Cincinnati, Ohio (OH-KY-IN) MSA2,256,884 12.136Columbia, South Carolina MSA829,470 32.437Kansas City, Missouri (MO-KS) MSA2,192,035 12.038Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina MSA1,413,982 18.339Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisconsin MSA1,574,731 16.340Seattle, Washington MSA4,018,762 6.141Augusta, Georgia (GA-SC) MSA611,000 34.842Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina MSA776,566 26.743Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MSA2,370,930 8.444Louisville, Kentucky MSA (KY-IN) MSA1,285,439 14.845Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina MSA799,636 23.046San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas MSA2,558,143 7.147Little Rock, Arkansas MSA748,031 23.248Fayetteville, North Carolina MSA 520,378 34.349Sacramento, California MSA2,397,382 7.050Montgomery, Alabama MSA386,047 43.351Denver-Aurora, Colorado MSA2,963,821 5.652Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina MSA649,903 25.053Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas MSA2,283,371 7.054San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California MSA3,298,634 4.755Shreveport, Louisiana MSA393,406 39.456Buffalo-Niagara Falls-Cheektowaga, New York MSA1,166,902 13.057Mobile, Alabama MSA430,197 34.858Oklahoma City, Oklahoma MSA1,425,695 10.359Greenville-Anderson, South Carolina MSA928,195 15.460Hartford, Connecticut MSA1,213,531 11.661Columbus, Georgia (GA-AL) MSA328,883 41.662Dayton-Kettering, Ohio MSA814,049 15.763Rochester, New York MSA1,090,135 11.764Savannah, Georgia MSA404,798 30.865Tallahassee, Florida MSA384,298 31.566New Haven-Milford, Connecticut MSA864,835 13.867Lafayette, Louisiana MSA478,384 24.568Winston-Salem, North Carolina MSA675,966 17.269Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut MSA957,419 11.270Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida MSA725,046 14.671Huntsville, Alabama MSA491,723 21.472Macon, Georgia MSA233,802 44.5

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

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