Major City Black Population +/-, per 2020 Census

[murksiderock]

Man, Cali has some of the lowest percentages around the country. Used to be a higher number.

shyt got way too expensive and I’m guessing the increase in Asians and Mexicans.

California's black population naturally declined as the cost of living has skyrocketed, yes. But also, Black Californians have been part of the national New Great Migration since 1975:

New Great Migration - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The New Migration has seen scores of non-southern black families and persons return to the South. California is not close to being alone in this phenomenon. Our ancestral roots in this country, are in the South. Go to any major non-southern city, and its rare to find black families that have been there over 100 years. We are all from the South, many of us have elected to return...

That said, California was never that black in the first place, so i think people have to frame Black California in the proper context. The first black Californians didn't arrive until the settlement of San Francisco in 1775; this is 267 years after the first black man hit Puerto Rico in 1508, and 156 years after the first boats from Africa docked at Jamestown...

156 and 267 years is a long, long time. For reference, here in 2025 we are 160 years removed from abolishing slavery in the US. All the eastern states were well over a century and a half ahead in establishing and growing black community...

So when people talk about low percentages of black people in California, they gotta remember that the US was settled in The East, and settled a long time before we existed in CA. California was never gonna be as black as these eastern locations. Yet and still, the early foundings of SF, SJ, and LA as well as a few other smaller towns (Monterey for sure), black people were part of the settlement groups of these cities...

Its why I'm a STRONG advocate for black people staying in California. The South is nice, but everything that glitters isnt gold. We helped build California the same way we helped build everywhere else here...

That’s less than 12% the Black population even with the tethers is shrinking

According to the '23 ACS, there are 371,026 fewer black people in the US in '23, than in '20. So not a huge decline, but a decline nonetheless...

Interesting

Phoenix is neck-and-neck with Vegas as the #2 West Coast black mecca...

 

[JaytheOne]

Man, Cali has some of the lowest percentages around the country. Used to be a higher number.

shyt got way too expensive and I’m guessing the increase in Asians and Mexicans.

All the traditional black areas in LA are like 60-70% Mexican now

 

[Wiseborn]

California's black population naturally declined as the cost of living has skyrocketed, yes. But also, Black Californians have been part of the national New Great Migration since 1975:

New Great Migration - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The New Migration has seen scores of non-southern black families and persons return to the South. California is not close to being alone in this phenomenon. Our ancestral roots in this country, are in the South. Go to any major non-southern city, and its rare to find black families that have been there over 100 years. We are all from the South, many of us have elected to return...

That said, California was never that black in the first place, so i think people have to frame Black California in the proper context. The first black Californians didn't arrive until the settlement of San Francisco in 1775; this is 267 years after the first black man hit Puerto Rico in 1508, and 156 years after the first boats from Africa docked at Jamestown...

156 and 267 years is a long, long time. For reference, here in 2025 we are 160 years removed from abolishing slavery in the US. All the eastern states were well over a century and a half ahead in establishing and growing black community...

So when people talk about low percentages of black people in California, they gotta remember that the US was settled in The East, and settled a long time before we existed in CA. California was never gonna be as black as these eastern locations. Yet and still, the early foundings of SF, SJ, and LA as well as a few other smaller towns (Monterey for sure), black people were part of the settlement groups of these cities...

Its why I'm a STRONG advocate for black people staying in California. The South is nice, but everything that glitters isnt gold. We helped build California the same way we helped build everywhere else here...

According to the '23 ACS, there are 371,026 fewer black people in the US in '23, than in '20. So not a huge decline, but a decline nonetheless...

Phoenix is neck-and-neck with Vegas as the #2 West Coast black mecca...

even though it’s probably some of the global rich world decline in population and we’re not nearly as bad off as the american white population as a whole those stereotypical multiple Single Moms and Baby daddies and the so called super high Black replacement theory Tether population hasn’t added to the Black Population and it’s counting before Trump got in so it should be more.

Even the Black Divestors with their million extra babies by other than Black Men hasn’t led to a gradual increase or even stabilization of our numbers overall.

 

[Wiseborn]

The cost of living really impacts where Black people live.

Back during the first Great Migration Jobs were the pull now high cost of living is the push.

One of the reasons I left is that it’s far cheaper for me to not work in Colombia than it would be for me to work a 65 hour work week in DC.

 

[Ol’Otis]

Phoenix is neck-and-neck with Vegas as the #2 West Coast black mecca...

And both hot as fukk

 

[ThisIsLife]

*per the most recent ACS 2023 estimates**

Largest black cities by population
New York 1,677,436

Chicago 729,189

Philadelphia 594,203
Houston 517,798

Detroit 479,126

Memphis 389,561
Baltimore 330,176
Los Angeles 310,911
Dallas 302,705

Charlotte 292,101
Jacksonville 287,252
Washington 272,706
Columbus 267,147
Atlanta 233,941
Milwaukee 202,943

New Orleans 195,775
Fort Worth 184,015
Cleveland 167,329
Nashville 165,015
Newark 136,802
Louisville 134,137
Phoenix 133,866
Birmingham 133,420
Kansas City 133,024
Raleigh 125,376
Boston 123,113
St Louis 113,461
Baton Rouge 110,068
Cincinnati 109,711

San Antonio 94,108
Richmond 91,370
Durham 91,142
Oklahoma City 88,078
Buffalo 87,671
Oakland 84,346
Virginia Beach 83,269
Norfolk 83,069
Tampa 76,761
San Diego 75,989

Minneapolis 73,174
Orlando 72,318
Rochester 71,804
Las Vegas 69,661
Austin 66,919
Miami 60,818
Pittsburgh 60,441
Sacramento 59,231
Denver 57,921
Tulsa 57,809
St Paul 53,704
Omaha 53,201
Columbia 50,966

Seattle 47,773
St Petersburg 44,903
Grand Rapids 38,387
San Francisco 36,479
Portland 36,281
Hartford 33,948
Fresno 32,883
Tucson 30,557
Knoxville 28,936
Charleston 26,237
San Jose 25,249
Bakersfield 25,138
Des Moines 25,043

Albany 22,725
El Paso 21,765
Worcester 21,568
Madison 20,687
Providence 20,337
Tacoma 19,342
Albuquerque 16,796
Greenville 14,688
Honolulu 5284
Salt Lake 2269

Largest black cities by percentage
Detroit 75.7

Birmingham 66.9
Memphis 63

Baltimore 58.4
New Orleans 53.8
Baton Rouge 50.1

Cleveland 46.1
Atlanta 45.8
Newark 44.9
Washington 40.6
St Louis 40.3

Richmond 39.9
Philadelphia 38
Milwaukee 36.2
Norfolk 36
Columbia 35.9
Cincinnati 35.3
Rochester 34.6
Hartford 33
Charlotte 32.1
Buffalo 31.9
Durham 31.8

Columbus 29.4
Jacksonville 29.1
Chicago 27.4
Indianapolis 27.1
Kansas City 26.1
Raleigh 26.1
Nashville 24
Dallas 23.2
Orlando 22.6
Houston 22.5
Albany 22.5
Louisville 21.5
Greenville 20.5
New York 20.3

Pittsburgh 19.9
Grand Rapids 19.5
Oakland 19.3
Tampa 19
Boston 18.9
Fort Worth 18.8
Virginia Beach 18.4
St Paul 17.7
Charleston 17.3
Minneapolis 17.2
St Petersburg 17

Knoxville 14.6
Tulsa 14
Miami 13.3
Oklahoma City 12.5
Des Moines 11.8
United States 11.8%
Sacramento 11.3
Omaha 11
Providence 10.7
Las Vegas 10.5
Worcester 10.4

Tacoma 8.7
Los Angeles 8.1
Phoenix 8.1
Denver 8.1
Madison 7.4
Austin 6.8
San Antonio 6.5
Seattle 6.3
Bakersfield 6.1
Fresno 6
Portland 5.8
Tucson 5.6
San Diego 5.5

San Francisco 4.5
El Paso 3.2
Albuquerque 3
San Jose 2.6

Honolulu 1.6
Salt Lake 1.1

Where is Wilmington, Delaware? More than 50% black.

 

[Spade]

I really can’t wait until we see the metro population breakdown.

 

[murksiderock]

All the traditional black areas in LA are like 60-70% Mexican now

This is definitely false!

•Leimert Park is still 66.3% black;

•Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw is still 52.8% black;

•View Park/Windsor Hills is still 79.2% black;

•Hyde Park is still 53.9% black;

•Manchester Square is still 68.3% black;

•West Athens is still 53.3% black;

•Gramercy Park is still 72.8% black;

•the Inglewood Bottoms is still 60.7% black;

•Morningside is still 79.6% black;

•North Ingles is still 52.2% black

•Ladera Heights is still 58% black

There's plenty of black areas still in Los Angeles. Not as many as 30+ years ago, that's a fact. But there are still plenty of black areas...

Where is Wilmington, Delaware? More than 50% black.

I only did cities that anchor large metro areas...

But yes, Wilmington is 51.6% black, with a population of 36,709 non-hispanic black people...

 

[murksiderock]

I really can’t wait until we see the metro population breakdown.

Working on that now!

 

[Ol’Otis]

This is definitely false!

•Leimert Park is still 66.3% black;

•Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw is still 52.8% black;

•View Park/Windsor Hills is still 79.2% black;

•Hyde Park is still 53.9% black;

•Manchester Square is still 68.3% black;

•West Athens is still 53.3% black;

•Gramercy Park is still 72.8% black;

•the Inglewood Bottoms is still 60.7% black;

•Morningside is still 79.6% black;

•North Ingles is still 52.2% black

•Ladera Heights is still 58% black

There's plenty of black areas still in Los Angeles. Not as many as 30+ years ago, that's a fact. But there are still plenty of black areas...

I only did cities that anchor large metro areas...

But yes, Wilmington is 51.6% black, with a population of 36,709 non-hispanic black people...

The number damn near even in the Vermont knolls and Vermont vista

 

[murksiderock]

The number damn near even in the Vermont knolls and Vermont vista

Vermont Knolls is 31.1% black, 65.7% Hispanic...

Vermont Vista is 33.7% black, 63.8% Hispanic...

My home base in LA is Expo Park, which is down to 22% black, 68.1% Hispanic...

 

[Ol’Otis]

My home base in LA is Expo Park, which is down to 22% black, 68.1% Hispanic.

Historic South Central
Thats that original east side low bottom shyt
I still dont think nikkas are moving outta state like that
It seems like mfkas are moving around

 

[Ol’Otis]

I love LA but black culture is waning out there

We need a reset and focus on more grassroots efforts

Even the king parade this year was looking dry

 

[murksiderock]

Historic South Central
Thats that original east side low bottom shyt
I still dont think nikkas are moving outta state like that
It seems like mfkas are moving around

I think more people stay local than people think, they just leave the city. But they still floating around LA County or SoCal...

That said, there are plenty of negroes who have left LA and California altogether. A good chunk of em move to other parts of California. Or Nevada or Arizona. It's honestly the same dynamic in NorCal, too. Reno is to us, what Vegas is for yall. Right across the border, half the black people in Reno are from The Bay or Sacramento...

Californians in general love staying close to California. Mf's who need a real life reset, or are following family, may go further out, Texas and beyond...

But the increased black populations in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, are coming/came from transplanted Californians...

 

[murksiderock]

I love LA but black culture is waning out there

We need a reset and focus on more grassroots efforts

Even the king parade this year was looking dry

Has there been a noticeable move to Bakersfield, or would you say that's generally a rarity?

Sacramento has always had some back and forth interchange with LA. My family is just one of many examples, you always been able to find LA cats around Sacramento!