List of U.S. cities with African American majority populations
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The following is a partial list of United States cities and towns in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is African American or Black, according to data from the 2000 Census. This list does not include cities such as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in which, according to the 2000 Census, merely a plurality (as opposed to a majority) of the residents are African American. The list below is organized by state and, within each state, by population size. The percentage of each city's population that is African American is listed in parentheses next to the city's name.
Alabama
Cities with over 100,000 people
- Birmingham (73.5%)
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Autaugaville (66.0%)
- Brent (50.0%)
- Brighton (89.1%)
- Clayton (64.0%)
- Clio (57.2%)
- Demopolis (50.9%)
- Edgewater (61.1%)
- Fairfield (90.2%)
- La Fayette (67.3%)
- Lanett (53.6%)
- Lipscomb (65.6%)
- Midfield (59.5%)
- Selma (69.7%)
- Tuskegee (95.5%)
Arkansas
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Pine Bluff (65.9%)
- West Memphis (55.9%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Osceola (51.0%)
- Blytheville (52.2%)
- Helena (67.9%)
- West Helena (65.7%)
California
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Marin City (60.0%)
Connecticut
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Blue Hills (83.1%)
- Bloomfield (54.0%)
Delaware
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Wilmington (56.4%)
District of Columbia
Cities with over 100,000 people
- Washington (60.0%)
Florida
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Carol City (52.1%)
- Riviera Beach (67.8%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Belle Glade (50.7%)
- Pahokee (56.1%)
- Quincy (64.2%)
- Richmond Heights (89.8%)
Georgia
Cities with over 100,000 people
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Albany (64.8%)
- East Point (78.2%)
- Macon (62.5%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Bainbridge (50.3%)
- Blakely (60.0%)
- Boston (67.6%)
- Cairo (51.3%)
- Clarkston (55.7%)
- College Park (81.8%)
- Conley (52.9%)
- Dawson (77.3%)
- Lithonia (79.6%)
- Quitman (66.4%)
- Riverdale (67.4%)
- Stone Mountain (69.2%)
- Thomasville (55.4%)
- Union City (69.3%)
Illinois
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Calumet City (52.9%)
- Dolton (82.4%)
- East St. Louis (97.7%)
- Maywood (82.7%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Bellwood (81.7%)
- Cairo (61.7%)
- Mounds (60.6%)
- Pulaski (70.8%)
- Riverdale (86.4%)
- South Holland (50.8%)
Indiana
Cities with over 100,000 people
- Gary (84.0%)
Louisiana
Cities with over 100,000 people
- New Orleans (67.3%)
- Shreveport (50.8%)
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Alexandria (54.8%)
- Monroe (61.1%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Bunkie (50.3%)
- Grambling (97.1%)
- Lake Providence (79.5%)
- New Roads (59.3%)
- Opelousas (69.1%)
- Tallulah (74.8%)
- Ville Platte (58.7%)
Maryland
Cities with over 100,000 people
- Baltimore (64.3%)
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Chillum (62.68%)
- Clinton (73.69%)
- Oxon Hill-Glassmanor (86.68%)
- Suitland-Silver Hill (93.01%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Bladensburg (70.92%)
- Camp Springs (74.28%)
- Capitol Heights (92.85%)
- Carmody Hills-Pepper Mill Village (96.9%)
- Cheverly (56.79%)
- Coral Hills (93.56%)
- Cottage City (54.75%)
- District Heights (88.0%)
- Eagle Harbor (65.45%)
- Fairmount Heights (95.82%)
- Forest Heights (79.11%)
- Forestville (85.8%)
- Fort Washington (67.17%)
- Friendly (77.67%)
- Glenarden (95.77%)
- Goddard (53.31%)
- Greater Upper Marlboro (75.5%)
- Hillcrest Heights (93.2%)
- Kettering (90.62%)
- Lake Arbor (88.7%)
- Lanham-Seabrook (63.55%)
- Landover (92.03%)
- Landover Hills (64.15%)
- Largo (92.69%)
- Marlow Heights (88.53%)
- Marlton (55.49%)
- Mitchellville (78.5%)
- Morningside (51.27%)
- Mount Rainier (62.06%)
- New Carrollton (67.5%)
- North Brentwood (82.09%)
- Rosaryville (59.57%)
- Seat Pleasant (96.72%)
- Springdale (92.79%)
- Temple Hills (85.01%)
- Walker Mill (94.99%)
- Woodlawn (72.34%)
- Woodmore (64.92%)
Michigan
Cities with over 100,000 people
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Southfield (54.2%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Benton Harbor (92.4%)
- Highland Park (93.4%)
Mississippi
Cities with over 100,000 people
- Jackson (70.6%)
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Columbus (54.4%)
- Greenville (69.6%)
- Meridian (54.4%)
- Vicksburg (60.4%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Aberdeen (60.2%)
- Alligator (77.3%)
- Brookhaven (50.9%)
- Beauregard (53.6%)
- Canton (80.3%)
- Charleston (59.7%)
- Crystal Springs (55.8%)
- Forest (50.9%)
- Glendora (92.3%)
- Greenwood (65.4%)
- Hazlehurst (68.6%)
- Indianola (73.4%)
- Itta Bena (81.3%)
- Laurel (55.0%)
- Leland (67.0%)
- Louisville (52.5%)
- McComb (58.4%)
- Moss Point (70.6%)
- Mound Bayou (98.4%)
- Natchez (54.5%)
- Shelby (91.1%)
- Tutwiler (87.3%)
- Verona (57.7%)
- Webb (61.3%)
- Winona (50.7%)
- Yazoo City (69.7%)
Missouri
Cities with over 100,000 people
- St. Louis (51.2%)
New Jersey
Cities with over 100,000 people
- Newark (53.5%)
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Camden (53.4%)
- East Orange (89.5%)
- Irvington (81.7%)
- Orange (75.1%)
- Plainfield (61.3%)
- Roselle (51.3%)
- Trenton (52.1%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Asbury Park (62.1%)
- Lawnside (93.6%)
- Pleasantville (57.7%)
- Salem (56.8%)
New York
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Mount Vernon (59.6%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Uniondale (55.5%)
North Carolina
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Goldsboro (52.2%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Edenton (55.2%)
- Elizabeth City (56.6%)
- Kinston (62.7%)
- Williamston (57.5%)
Ohio
Cities with over 100,000 people
- Cleveland (51.0%)
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- East Cleveland (93.4%)
Pennsylvania
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Chester (75.7%)
- Harrisburg (54.8%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Darby (60.0%)
- Rankin (69.3%)
- Wilkinsburg (66.5%)
South Carolina
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Bennettsville (63.2%)
- Cheraw (52.2%)
- Darlington (56.0%)
- Lake City (71.4%)
- Marion (66.2%)
- Mullins (61.6%)
- Orangeburg (67.5%)
Tennessee
Cities with over 100,000 people
- Memphis (61.4%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Bolivar (56.4%)
Texas
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Browndell (60.7%)
- Kendleton (79.0%)
- Scottsville (54.8%)
Virginia
Cities with over 100,000 people
- Portsmouth (50.6%)
- Richmond (57.2%)
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- Petersburg (79.0%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- East Highland Park (79.4%)
- Emporia (56.2%)
- Ettrick (75.1%)
- Franklin (52.3%)
- Highland Springs (51.8%)
- Rushmere (62.1%)
- Wakefield (51.3%)
- Waverly (61.8%)
Washington, D.C.
National rankings
Cities with over 100,000 people
- Gary, Indiana (84.0%)
- Detroit, Michigan (81.7%)
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
- East St. Louis, Illinois (97.7%)
- East Cleveland, Ohio (93.4%)
- Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland (93.01%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
- Mound Bayou, Mississippi (98.4%)
- Grambling, Louisiana (97.1%)
- Carmody Hills-Pepper Mill Village, Maryland (96.90%)
- Seat Pleasant, Maryland (96.72%)
- Fairmount Heights, Maryland (95.82%)
- Glenarden, Maryland (95.77%)
- Tuskegee, Alabama (95.5%)
- Walker Mill, Maryland (94.99%)
- Lawnside, New Jersey (93.6%)
- Coral Hills, Maryland (93.56%)
- Highland Park, Michigan (93.4%)
- Capitol Heights, Maryland (92.85%)
- Springdale, Maryland (92.79%)
- Largo, Maryland (92.69%)
- Benton Harbor, Michigan (92.40%)
- Glendora, Mississippi (92.3%)
- Hillcrest Heights, Maryland (92.18%)
- Greater Landover, Maryland (92.03%)
- Shelby, Mississippi (91.1%)
- Kettering, Maryland (90.62%)
- Fairfield, Alabama (90.2%)