List of U.S. Cities With Large African American Populations - Places With The Highest Number of African Americans

Places With The Highest Number of African Americans

Ten places with 100,000 or more total population
and the highest number of Blacks or African Americans
Place Total
population		 Black or African American
alone or in combination		 Black or African American
alone		 Black or African American
in combination
Rank Number Rank Number Rank Number
New York, NY 8,175,133 1 2,228,145 1 2,088,510 1 139,635
Chicago, IL 2,695,598 2 913,009 2 887,608 3 25,401
Philadelphia, PA 1,526,006 3 686,870 3 661,839 4 25,031
Detroit, MI 713,777 4 601,988 4 590,226 13 11,762
Houston, TX 2,099,451 5 514,217 5 498,466 8 15,751
Memphis, TN 646,889 6 414,928 6 409,687 58 5,241
Baltimore, MD 620,961 7 403,998 7 395,781 29 8,217
Los Angeles, CA 3,792,621 8 402,448 8 365,118 2 37,330
Washington, DC 601,723 9 314,352 9 305,125 22 9,227
Dallas, TX 1,197,816 10 308,087 10 298,993 23 9,094
Columbus, OH 787,033 15 237,077 16 220,241 5 16,836
San Diego, CA 1,307,402 40 104,374 43 87,949 6 16,425
Phoenix, AZ 1,445,632 37 109,544 40 93,608 7 15,936
Indianapolis, IN 829,718 14 240,789 15 226,671 9 14,118
Boston, MA 617,594 21 163,629 23 150,437 10 13,192

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