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Top Metropolitan Areas In The USA, By African American Population

2020

RankCityAfrican-American
Population Size
Percentage
African-American

1

New York,New York

3,352,616

17.8

2

Atlanta,Georgia

1,707,913

32.4

3

Chicago,Illinois

1,645,993

17.4

4

Washington,District of Columbia(DC-MD-VA-WV)

1,438,436

25.8

5

Philadelphia,Pennsylvania

1,241,780

20.8

6

Miami,Florida

1,206,470

21.0

7

Houston,Texas

1,169,185

21.0

8

Detroit,Michigan

980,451

22.8

9

Dallas-Fort Worth,Texas

961,871

14.8

10

Los Angeles,California

907,618

7.1

11

Baltimore,Maryland

778,879

28.7

12

Memphis,Tennessee(TN-AR-MS)

601,043

45.7

13

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News,Virginia 

522,409

31.3

14

St. Louis,Missouri(MO-IL)

516,446

18.4

15

San Francisco,California - Oakland - San Jose

471,566

7.0

16

Charlotte,North Carolina

421,105

24.0

17

Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria,Ohio

416,528

20.1

18

New Orleans,Louisiana

397,095

34.0

19

Richmond-Petersburg,Virginia

375,427

29.8

20

Orlando,FloridaMSA

344,820

16.2

21

Boston,Massachusetts(MA-NH)

331,292

7.3

22

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater,Florida

329,334

11.8

23

Riverside-San Bernardino,California

322,405

7.6

24

Birmingham,Alabama

318,373

28.2

25

Jacksonville,Florida

292,881

21.8

26

Baton Rouge,Louisiana

285,911

35.6

27

Columbus,Ohio

273,560

14.9

28

Indianapolis,Indiana

263,376

15.0

30

Milwaukee-Waukesha,Wisconsin

261,010

16.8

30

Jackson,Mississippi

257,021

47.7

30

Cincinnati,Ohio(OH-KY-IN)

255,905

12.0

31

Columbia,South Carolina

255,104

33.2

32

Kansas City,Missouri(MO-KS)

254,509

12.5

33

Minneapolis-Saint Paul

243,414

7.4

34

Nashville,Tennessee

242,264

15.2

35

Raleigh-Cary,North Carolina

228,268

20.2

36

Phoenix,Arizona

207,734

5.0

37

Las Vegas,Nevada

204,379

10.5

38

Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania

196,755

8.4

39

Augusta,Georgia

196,695

35.0

40

San Antonio,Texas

192,551

7.2[1]

41

Seattle,Washington

191,967

5.6

42

Greensboro-High Point,North Carolina

184,730

25.5

43

Charleston,South Carolina

184,019

28.0

44

Louisville,Kentucky

176,107

14.0

45

Montgomery,Alabama

159,330

43.0

46

Sacramento,California

158,426

7.0

47

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos,California 

158,213

5.1

48

Shreveport,Louisiana 

155,174

39.0

49

Little Rock,Arkansas 

155,081

22.0