Major City Black Population +/-, per 2020 Census

[murksiderock]

Source: https://data.indystar.com/census/to...ange/los-angeles-city-california/160-0644000/

This list is of the CITIES only, not the metro areas. There's a metro list I'm gonna post later too!

 

[murksiderock]

Black Population
New York 1,943,645

Chicago 801,195
Philadelphia 630,462
Houston 520,389

Detroit 496,534
Memphis 389,779
Baltimore 338,478
Los Angeles 336,096
Dallas 303,577
Jacksonville 290,279
Charlotte 289,062
Washington 285,810
Columbus 259,483

Indianapolis 248,067
Atlanta 235,513
Milwaukee 222,746
New Orleans 208,273
Fort Worth 180,439
Cleveland 180,224
Nashville 169,349
Newark 154,048
Louisville 148,676
Boston 138,870
Birmingham 137,296
Kansas City 132,617
St Louis 129,814
Cincinnati 125,443
Phoenix 125,260
Raleigh 122,766
Baton Rouge 122,461
San Antonio 102,816
Buffalo 102,636

Oklahoma City 95,634
Norfolk 95,594
Richmond 91,653
Oakland 91,561
Virginia Beach 85,478
Rochester 84,752
Tampa 84,340
Las Vegas 82,485
San Diego 82,265
Minneapolis 82,038
Orlando 73,320
Austin 69,757
Sacramento 69,167
Pittsburgh 69,050
Denver 64,038
Tulsa 61,526
Omaha 60,280
Miami 57,254
Dayton 55,981
Columbia 52,598
St Paul 52,256
Bridgeport 52,138
Seattle 51,419

San Francisco 46,725
Hartford 46,231
New Haven 43,160
Fresno 40,972
Portland 38,217
Grand Rapids 37,567
Albany 31,023
Worcester 30,485
Knoxville 30,477
Tucson 30,342
San Jose 29,308
Bakersfield 28,305
Providence 25,860
Charleston 25,553

Tacoma 22,666
Riverside 20,100
Albuquerque 19,833
Allentown 16,617
Greenville 16,164

Honolulu 6013
Salt Lake City 5766

 

[murksiderock]

Black Percentage of Population
Detroit 77.7%
Birmingham 68.4%
Memphis 61.6%
Baltimore 57.8%
New Orleans 54.2%
Baton Rouge 53.8%

Newark 49.4%
Cleveland 48.4%
Atlanta 47.2%
St Louis 43%
Washington 41.4%
Dayton 40.7%
Cincinnati 40.6%
Richmond 40.4%
Norfolk 40.2%
Rochester 40.1%
Philadelphia 39.3%
Milwaukee 38.6%
Columbia 38.5%
Hartford 38.2%
Buffalo 36.9%
Bridgeport 35.1%
Charlotte 33.1%
New Haven 32.2%
Albany 31.3%
Jacksonville 30.6%
Chicago 29.2%
Columbus 28.6%
Indianapolis 27.9%
Raleigh 26.3%
Kansas City 26.1%

Nashville 24.6%
Orlando 23.8%
Louisville 23.5%
Dallas 23.3%
Greenville 22.9%
Pittsburgh 22.8%
Houston 22.6%
New York 22.1%
Tampa 21.9%
Oakland 20.8%
Boston 20.6%
Fort Worth 19.6%
Minneapolis 19.1%
Grand Rapids 18.9%
Virginia Beach 18.6%
Charleston 17%
St Paul 16.8%
Knoxville 16%
Tulsa 14.9%
Worcester 14.8%
Oklahoma City 14%
Providence 13.5%
Sacramento 13.2%
Allentown 13.2%
Las Vegas 12.9%
Miami 12.9%
Omaha 12.4%
United States 12.3%
Tacoma 10.3%

Denver 8.9%
Los Angeles 8.6%
Phoenix 7.8%
Fresno 7.6%
Austin 7.3%
San Antonio 7.2%
Seattle 7%
Bakersfield 7%
Riverside 6.4%
San Diego 5.9%
Portland 5.9%
Tucson 5.6%
San Francisco 5.3%

Albuquerque 3.5%
San Jose 2.9%
Salt Lake City 2.9%
Honolulu 1.7%

 

[murksiderock]

Black % Growth/Decline since 2010
Worcester +44.8%
Phoenix +33.8%
Fort Worth +28.8%
Las Vegas +27.2%

Honolulu +20.9%
Columbus +17.8%
St Paul +16.8%
Tucson +16.7%
Minneapolis +15.4%
Jacksonville +15%
Salt Lake City +13.3%
Charlotte +12.8%
San Antonio +12.6%
Allentown +12.2%
Albuquerque +10.6%
Indianapolis +10.1%

Orlando +9.6%
Oklahoma City +9.5%
Austin +8.3%
Omaha +7.7%
Seattle +6.4%
Newark +6.2%

Bridgeport +4.6%
Houston +4.4%
Denver +4.2%
Portland +4.1%
Atlanta +3.8%
Raleigh +3.6%
Albany +3%
Tacoma +2.1%
Buffalo +1.8%
Dallas +1.5%
Sacramento +1.2%
New Orleans +0.7%
Fresno +0%

Bakersfield -0.2%
Knoxville -0.3%
Virginia Beach -0.5%
Nashville -0.9%
Tulsa -1%
Baton Rouge -2.2%
San Jose -3.1%
Columbia -3.6%
Rochester -3.6%
Kansas City -3.6%
Tampa -4%
Grand Rapids -4.3%
Hartford -4.3%
San Francisco -4.4%
Philadelphia -4.7%
Memphis -4.9%

Cincinnati -5.7%
New Haven -6%
Riverside -6.2%
Milwaukee -6.3%
Washington -6.3%
San Diego -6.5%
New York -6.9%
Greenville -7.7%
Boston -7.7%
Dayton -7.8%
Los Angeles -7.9%
Norfolk -8.7%
Providence -9.4%
Chicago -9.7%

Richmond -11.3%
Birmingham -11.9%
Pittsburgh -13.4%
Baltimore -14.5%
Cleveland -14.9%
Detroit -15.9%
Charleston -16.2%
St Louis -17.4%

Miami -25.5%
Oakland -29.3%

 

[murksiderock]

Black Volume Growth/Decline since 2010
Fort Worth +40,306
Columbus +39,242
Jacksonville +37,858
Charlotte +32,821
Phoenix +31,652

Indianapolis +22,712
Houston +21,923
Las Vegas +17,627
San Antonio +11,536
Minneapolis +10,940

Worcester +9429
Newark +8963
Atlanta +8619
Oklahoma City +8280
St Paul +7528
Orlando +6444
Austin +5351

Dallas +4584
Tucson +4342
Omaha +4330
Raleigh +4295
Seattle +3103
Denver +2603
Bridgeport +2296
Albuquerque +1900
Buffalo +1862
Allentown +1805
Portland +1522
New Orleans +1402
Honolulu +1039
Albany +913
Sacramento +832
Salt Lake City +678
Tacoma +456
Fresno +12

Bakersfield -63
Knoxville -90
Virginia Beach -457
Tulsa -638
San Jose -934
Riverside -1321
Greenville -1355
Nashville -1558
Grand Rapids -1684
Columbia -1939
Hartford -2100
San Francisco -2145
Baton Rouge -2694
Providence -2697
New Haven -2778
Rochester -3145
Tampa -3532
Dayton -4724
Kansas City -4923
Charleston -4938

San Diego -5684
Cincinnati -7596
Norfolk -9078

Pittsburgh -10,660
Boston -11,567
Richmond -11,689
Milwaukee -15,023
Birmingham -18,495
Washington -19,315
Miami -19,626
Memphis -19,908

St Louis -27,346
Los Angeles -29,022
Philadelphia -31,377
Cleveland -31,448
Oakland -37,910

Baltimore -57,303
Chicago -86,413
Detroit -93,692

New York -144,865

 

[murksiderock]

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[Marc Spector]

Im here to say: dont let them Seattle numbers fool you....they are more than likely counting East Africans and other African nationalities. Id say theres about 20k ADOS people in this city not 50k. And that ADOS prolly make up 4% of the population in Seattle.

Now....Tacoma on the other hand


(but even in tacoma those numbers are weird as im pretty sure a quarter or more of Tacomas ADOS population under 25 is Mulatto )

 

[Freedman]

Kinda want to make that move to Detroit. Need to get out of Louisiana for a minute and weed is legal in Michigan

 

[murksiderock]

Im here to say: dont let them Seattle numbers fool you....they are more than likely counting East Africans and other African nationalities. Id say theres about 20k ADOS people in this city not 50k. And that ADOS prolly make up 4% of the population in Seattle.

Now....Tacoma on the other hand


(but even in tacoma those numbers are weird as im pretty sure a quarter or more of Tacomas ADOS population under 25 is Mulatto )

Well the Census, and Americans in general, count anyone rooted in ancestral black ethnicities of Africa as black. Those East African communities are mostly black...

The Census also has a section where respondents can identify by their ethnicity...

Bruh most large cities have high rates of biracial black children. 25% would be abnormally high for any city, but I think around or upwards of 10% is normal for most American cities---->we've been creating kids with nonblack people our entire time in America...

 

[Antwon Mitchell]

What kinda enjoyment do y'all nikkas get with these threads ?

Seems rather meaningless tbh.

 

[Freedman]

What kinda enjoyment do y'all nikkas get with these threads ?

Seems rather meaningless tbh.

It's informative?? Interesting to see where our people are and where they leaving. Maybe brehs want to move and the black population is important see my previous post

 

[blockburna420]

Been knew we the blackest city in America.

 

[Pistolvania Prince]

Im here to say: dont let them Seattle numbers fool you....they are more than likely counting East Africans and other African nationalities. Id say theres about 20k ADOS people in this city not 50k. And that ADOS prolly make up 4% of the population in Seattle.

Now....Tacoma on the other hand


(but even in tacoma those numbers are weird as im pretty sure a quarter or more of Tacomas ADOS population under 25 is Mulatto )

I grew up in Allentown (near bottom of this list) most black people I know out here are Hispanic or Caribbean from Jamaica, Haiti, DR & Trinidad. I barely knew any ADOS growing up. I didn’t even eat homemade fried chicken & greens until I met my BM at 21 lol

 

[King]

It's informative?? Interesting to see where our people are and where they leaving. Maybe brehs want to move and the black population is important see my previous post

It’s not really informative. They might be “black” according to a census but a lot of these areas are overrepresented by immigrant communities. Idk how welcome you’d feel moving into a tight knit Somali community in Minnesota for example, if you just went off the numbers like how breh mentioned

I actually heard the census knew how inaccurate the numbers were because of the the sheer number of different African and Caribbean ethnic groups that have and continue to move to the US. To they specifically put in some kind of ‘ADOS’ designation. I guess that didn’t plan out.

And when I put “black” in quotations it’s meant to signify the descendants of US chattel slavery. It’s important because even though we’re technically black we don’t share the same culture. People may masquerade as ADOS because it’s beneficial to walk that line of being an immigrant but also putting on a black image when it benefits you. Most people move here for economic opportunity, that’s how this game works.

It’s why Africans dominate a lot of the college scholarships and HBCU opportunities. Hell a lot of universities actually prefer African immigrants or their children because they usually know the system and intentionally game it. A lot of the people coming over were skilled and highly educated in their own countries. So someone father could legit be a scientist, mother a mathematician, yet they still get out in that same box as a poor black kid from the projects who had to battle through the school to prison pipeline. The latter rarely if ever even make it to college if you really look at the numbers.

Hell at my university, I was the minority as a black American male who wasn’t from Africa or had African parents. The only place where we weren’t outnumbered was in sports. I legit could count the amount of black American men who weren’t the product of immigration on my literal hand. In a school of close to 40k students

While the resources meant for ADOS go largely underutilized, but these programs still get to pretend like they’re doing something for black people.

It’s incredibly fukked up because we’re still suffering as a group, but we’re not even recognized as our own people. Hell, you could move here from somewhere Africa or the Carrib tomorrow and get to call yourself a black African American like you been here 400+ years

 

[Skooby]

I like the last post since it gives you the raw numbers.

I used to live in Indianapolis and I can tell you a lot of those leaving Chicago are going there.

Not surprised by Los Angeles and Oakland or any California City considering the cost of living is rising there. Didn't expect to see Baltimore though.