2022 Black City Populations ('22 ACS estimates)

[murksiderock]

Per 2022 ACS estimates which were released on September 14. The ACS is sponsored by the US Census, and they release 1-year estimates every fall, from the previous year. So next year at this time we'll have their population estimates for 2023...

What I'm doing in this thread is first listing the non-Hispanic black population in each large city, and comparing that to what The Census told us our populations were in 2020...

Later in this thread I'm going to chart out the total black population in all these cities, which will include all people in these cities who identify as part-black. And I'm going to do the same for metro area...

2022 Data Release New and Notable

Learn more about items of interest related to the 2022 ACS release.

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Explore Census Data

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Census profile: Sacramento, CA

Census data for Sacramento, CA (pop. 526,383), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more.

censusreporter.org

Census profile: Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

Census data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area (pop. 2,805,115), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more.

censusreporter.org

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newyorkcitynewyork,US/POP010220

 

[murksiderock]

By Black Population
New York 1,690,068

Chicago 726,170
Philadelphia 605,160
Houston 507,565

Detroit 473,149
Memphis 389,252
Baltimore 341,761
Charlotte 305,127
Los Angeles 299,649
Dallas 296,839
Jacksonville 284,127
Washington 279,809
Columbus 250,371

Indianapolis 244,023
Atlanta 232,418
Milwaukee 207,255
New Orleans 203,983
Fort Worth 180,988
Nashville 172,027
Cleveland 164,729
Louisville 149,639
Birmingham 139,414
Newark 136,049
Kansas City 130,000
Boston 128,656
Raleigh 124,965
St Louis 120,305
Baton Rouge 119,280
Cincinnati 115,732
Phoenix 113,732
Durham 100,298

Arlington 93,681
Richmond 93,198
Buffalo 90,754
Norfolk 89,528
Oakland 86,682
San Antonio 86,293
Oklahoma City 84,871
Virginia Beach 82,100
Minneapolis 81,897
Las Vegas 75,435
San Diego 73,868
Rochester 73,249
Tampa 71,388
Austin 71,006
Orlando 67,689
Denver 61,002
Sacramento 59,991
Tulsa 59,890
Pittsburgh 58,838
Omaha 54,563
Miami 52,407
Jersey City 52,174

St Paul 47,211
St Petersburg 47,078
Seattle 43,670
Hartford 39,245
Portland 37,552
San Francisco 36,794
New Haven 35,715
Knoxville 32,569
Bridgeport 29,218
Grand Rapids 27,032
Albany 26,328
San Jose 25,653

Bakersfield 24,690
Worcester 24,304
Tucson 23,569
Tacoma 21,402
Greenville 16,106
Providence 14,610
Allentown 11,100

Honolulu 6267
Salt Lake City 4644

Population change since 2020 Census
Fort Worth +8228
Arlington +3396
Minneapolis +2785
Las Vegas +1616
Birmingham +1510
Knoxville +1288
Portland +1012

Greenville -301
Honolulu -401
Salt Lake City -749

Louisville -1026
Albany -1160
Tulsa -1244
Buffalo -1920
Worcester -1924
Baton Rouge -1962
Tacoma -2287
Tucson -2477
St Paul -2633
Charlotte -2725
Austin -3060
Denver -3375
Bakersfield -3621
Phoenix -3662
Omaha -3763
Orlando -4591
Kansas City -4644
San Jose -4744
Hartford -4819

Durham -5166
Virginia Beach -5199
Seattle -6447
Allentown -6644
San Antonio -6941
St Petersburg -7167
Norfolk -7340
Jacksonville -7404
Rochester -7898
Atlanta -7963
San Francisco -8652
Raleigh -8787
Cincinnati -8923
Oklahoma City -9114
Richmond -9230
San Diego -9350
Grand Rapids -9569
New Haven -9719

Oakland -10,263
Sacramento -10,349
Pittsburgh -10,542
Indianapolis -11,618
Cleveland -11,895
Houston -12,590
Jersey City -13,696
Columbus -13,746
Newark -14,119
St Louis -14,802
Miami -14,817
Tampa -14,843
Nashville -15,503
Providence -15,558
Dallas -16,197
Baltimore -19,026
New Orleans -19,119
Memphis -19,733
Milwaukee -20,170
Bridgeport -22,365
Detroit -24,718

Washington -28,418
Boston -30,121
Los Angeles -35,465
Philadelphia -49,190

Chicago -75,765

New York -370,113

 

[DonB90]

Fort Worth +8228
Arlington +3396
Minneapolis +2785
Las Vegas +1616
Birmingham +1510
Knoxville +1288
Portland +1012

Every city except these had a net loss in Black residents


They really disrupting that concentration of Blackness us 90s and previous generation of folks grew up in pushing us to the outer burbs and shyt.

 

[murksiderock]

Percentage change since 2020 Census
Fort Worth +4.76
Knoxville +4.12
Arlington +3.76
Minneapolis +3.52
Portland +2.77
Las Vegas +2.19
Birmingham +1.1

Louisville -0.68
Charlotte -0.89
Baton Rouge -1.62
Greenville -1.83
Tulsa -2.03
Buffalo -2.07
Houston -2.42
Jacksonville -2.54
Phoenix -3.12
Atlanta -3.31
Kansas City -3.45
Austin -4.13
Albany -4.22
Indianapolis -4.54
Memphis -4.82
Durham -4.9
Detroit -4.96

Dallas -5.17
Columbus -5.2
Denver -5.24
Baltimore -5.27
St Paul -5.28
Virginia Beach -5.96
Honolulu -6.02
Orlando -6.35
Omaha -6.45
Raleigh -6.57
Cleveland -6.73
Cincinnati -7.16
Worcester -7.33
San Antonio -7.44
Philadelphia -7.52
Norfolk -7.58
Nashville -8.27
New Orleans -8.57
Milwaukee -8.87
Richmond -9.01
Washington -9.22
Newark -9.4
Chicago -9.45
Tucson -9.51
Tacoma -9.66
Oklahoma City -9.7
Rochester -9.73

Oakland -10.59
Los Angeles -10.63
Hartford -10.94
St Louis -10.96
San Diego -11.24
Bakersfield -12.79
Seattle -12.86
St Petersburg -13.21
Salt Lake City -13.88
Sacramento -14.71

Pittsburgh -15.2
San Jose -15.61
Tampa -17.21
New York -17.97
Boston -18.97
San Francisco -19.04

Jersey City -20.79
New Haven -21.39
Miami -22.04
Grand Rapids -26.14

Allentown -37.44

Bridgeport -43.36

Providence -51.57%

By Percentage of Population
Detroit 76.3
Birmingham 71

Memphis 62.7
Baltimore 60

New Orleans 55.2
Baton Rouge 53.9

Atlanta 46.6
Cleveland 45.6
Newark 44.6
St Louis 42
Washington 41.7
Richmond 40.6

Philadelphia 38.6
Norfolk 38.4
Cincinnati 37.4
Milwaukee 36.8
Rochester 35
Durham 34.4
Charlotte 34
Buffalo 32.8
Hartford 32.5

Jacksonville 29.3
Indianapolis 27.8
Chicago 27.3
Columbus 27.3
Raleigh 26.2
Albany 26.1
New Haven 25.7
Kansas City 25.5
Nashville 25.2
Louisville 24
Arlington 23.7
Greenville 23.1
Dallas 22.8
Houston 22.1
Orlando 21.4
New York 20.3
Oakland 20.1

Boston 19.8
Bridgeport 19.7
Pittsburgh 19.4
Minneapolis 19.3
Fort Worth 18.8
Jersey City 18.2
Virginia Beach 18
St Petersburg 18
Tampa 17.9
Knoxville 16.6
St Paul 15.6

Tulsa 14.6
Grand Rapids 13.7
Oklahoma City 12.2
United States 11.9% non-Hispanic Black
Worcester 11.8
Miami 11.7
Las Vegas 11.5
Sacramento 11.4
Omaha 11.3

Tacoma 9.7
Allentown 8.9
Denver 8.6
Los Angeles 7.8
Providence 7.7
Austin 7.3
Phoenix 6.9
San Antonio 6
Bakersfield 6
Portland 5.9
Seattle 5.8
San Diego 5.4

San Francisco 4.6
Tucson 4.3
San Jose 2.6

Salt Lake City 2.3
Honolulu 1.8

 

[badboys11]

Certain cities such as orlando need a more thorough breakdown, cause the black popuulation in florida is not the same as a city like detroit

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Every city except these had a net loss in Black residents


They really disrupting that concentration of Blackness us 90s and previous generation of folks grew up in pushing us to the outer burbs and shyt.

That’s because a lot of black people are choosing to be non-stylish suburban geeks like yourself.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

All that I got from this list is that black people are just moving to the suburbs. Sad reality. In 20 years we will be hearing how suburbs is why black people have high expenses while the white man gets more wealth by walking to his office downtown

 

[murksiderock]

Every city except these had a net loss in Black residents


They really disrupting that concentration of Blackness us 90s and previous generation of folks grew up in pushing us to the outer burbs and shyt.

Yeah I'm not all the way sold on this data, bit they are official releases via the Census Bureau so it's what we have to work with...

My main issue is that its hard to stomach that almost every city is losing black population. These 1-year estimates are known for fluctuating and aren't as accurate as the 5-year estimates (that drop every December) nor the decennial Census...

That said, gentrification throughout the 21st century (post-2000) continues to force black flight and black suburbanization, so even though I'm somewhat skeptical, its long been proven that we've been forced ti suburbs, and those of us with means have chosen suburbia, for a generation now as white people have chosen a return to the city and Latinos continue to fill historically black neighborhoods across the US...

Certain cities such as orlando need a more thorough breakdown, cause the black popuulation in florida is not the same as a city like detroit

There are breakdowns of various black ethnicities and backgrounds. This shyt takes a while to mine thru, so when I have more time I'll tap into it...

 

[DrBanneker]

Yeah if these are city proper and not metro it unfortunately shows how heavy gentrification has gotten and how expensive city centers are becoming.

 

[murksiderock]

All that I got from this list is that black people are just moving to the suburbs. Sad reality. In 20 years we will be hearing how suburbs is why black people have high expenses while the white man gets more wealth by walking to his office downtown

Those of us who can, should avoid moving to the suburbs because that's where the design is. When White America didn't want the inner city anymore they left and pulled their investments and resources with them, left us to fend for ourselves with bare minimum support...

We helped build the culture abd infrastructure in most of these cities, so if we have the means to stay, I say we should stay, I'm not with this letting rich white folk dictate where we are supposed to be. From Seattle to Miami, Boston to San Diego, everywhere in between its a national problem. Stand our ground...

 

[DonB90]

That’s because a lot of black people are choosing to be non-stylish suburban geeks like yourself.

Correct

 

[DonB90]

Those of us who can, should avoid moving to the suburbs because that's where the design is. When White America didn't want the inner city anymore they left and pulled their investments and resources with them, left us to fend for ourselves with bare minimum support...

We helped build the culture abd infrastructure in most of these cities, so if we have the means to stay, I say we should stay, I'm not with this letting rich white folk dictate where we are supposed to be. From Seattle to Miami, Boston to San Diego, everywhere in between its a national problem. Stand our ground...

Lack of homeownership means when rent explodes we can't afford it.

Lack of economic discipline when grandmama and poppa worked their life to get the family house in a depressed Black area then when it starts becoming gentrfied and swarmy grinnin Mr. I Buy Houses Full Cash comes a knocking you can't resist.

Bad situation all around

 

[murksiderock]

Yeah if these are city proper and not metro it unfortunately shows how heavy gentrification has gotten and how expensive city centers are becoming.

Bro I refuse to live in anyone's suburb, unless it's one of those things like how Compton and Inglewood are to LA, how Yonkers and Westchester are to NY, how College Park and Decatur are to Atlanta, etc. All these "suburbs" are essentially extensions of city neighborhoods anyway...

Where I live currently in Raleigh, Garner and Knightdale are the Yonkers or Decatur "suburbs" here. Living in those close-in towns that literally adjoin the central city is basically living in the city anyway...

But I'd never live in these far flung out suburbs, if it doesn't directly run into the city I don't want it. And as long as I can afford it, I'm living in somewhere that I find desirable in the city limits...

We know what the design is and was, gotta fight back on letting these people push us around like chess pieces deciding where we can live...

 

[curz]

Surprised that many black ppl live in hawaii


Sad how low Miami's number is

 

[murksiderock]

Surprised that many black ppl live in hawaii


Sad how low Miami's number is

Black people have been getting priced outta Miami for a long time, for like 30 years. Those says there's still ~1.186 million black people in Miami's metro:

Census profile: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area

Census data for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area (pop. 6,183,199), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more.

censusreporter.org

But we've long been pushed outta Miami and this is one of the cities I'm talking about, go look up the history of Miami. Black people literally helped build the infrastructure of the fukking city. I'm not versed on the local history and politics like that but you go from a city that was a quarter black in 1990, to one that will shortly be under 10% black within a half-decade or so, that shyt is sobering...

New York City, of all places, is about to be less than 20% black within a year or two, if not already. Big publishers like Time and CNN have been documenting the dwindling black population in NY for a dozen plus years, 2011 or so was the first time I heard about how we are getting gentrified outta NY...

It's happening to virtually all these major cities that monied whites find desirable and once they find Memphis desirable again they'll do it to cities like Memphis, too...

Matter fact I just noticed you're from Miami, I'd love to hear any insight you can provide on what happened there...