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

Places With The Highest Percentage of Blacks or African Americans

Ten places with 100,000 or more total population
and the highest percentage of Blacks or African Americans alone or in combination
Place Total
population		 Black or African American
alone or in combination		 Black or African American
alone		 Black or African American
in combination
Rank Percent of
total population		 Rank Percent of
total population		 Rank Percent of
total population
Detroit, MI 713,777 1 84.3 1 82.7 83 1.6
Jackson, MS 173,514 2 80.1 2 79.4 242 0.7
Miami Gardens, FL 107,167 3 77.9 3 76.3 91 1.6
Birmingham, AL 212,237 4 74.0 4 73.4 257 0.6
Baltimore, MD 620,961 5 65.1 5 63.7 134 1.3
Memphis, TN 646,889 6 64.1 6 63.3 225 0.8
New Orleans, LA 343,829 7 61.2 7 60.2 184 1.0
Flint, MI 102,434 8 59.5 9 56.6 9 2.9
Montgomery, AL 205,764 9 57.4 8 56.6 231 0.8
Savannah, GA 136,286 10 56.7 10 55.4 139 1.3
Ten places with 100,000 or more total population
and the highest percentage of Blacks or African Americans in combination
Place Total
population		 Black or African American
alone or in combination		 Black or African American
alone		 Black or African American
in combination
Rank Percent of
total population		 Rank Percent of
total population		 Rank Percent of
total population
Lansing, MI 114,297 69 27.8 78 23.7 1 4.1
Tacoma, WA 198,397 132 15.0 145 11.2 2 3.8
Killeen, TX 127,921 40 37.9 46 34.1 3 3.8
Syracuse, NY 145,170 51 33.1 57 29.5 4 3.6
Providence, RI 178,042 109 19.4 114 16.0 5 3.3
Fairfield, CA 105,321 111 19.0 118 15.7 6 3.3
Rochester, NY 210,565 29 44.9 33 41.7 7 3.2
Fayetteville, NC 200,564 31 44.8 32 41.9 8 2.9
Vallejo, CA 115,942 81 24.9 83 22.1 10 2.9

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