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Encyclopedia > List of United States cities with a majority African American population
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
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people Bessemer (69.6%) Prichard (84.5%)
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%) West Helena (65.7%)
California
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
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
District of Columbia
Cities with over 100,000 people
Florida
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people Riviera Beach, Florida 69.0%
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people Belle Glade (50.7%) Pahokee (56.1%) Quincy (64.2%)
Georgia
Cities with over 100,000 people Atlanta (61.4%) Savannah (57.1%)
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
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
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 Detroit (81.7%) Flint (53.3%)
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
Mississippi
Cities with over 100,000 people
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%) Natchez (54.5%) Shelby (91.1%) Tutwiler (87.3%) Webb (61.3%) Winona (50.7%) Yazoo City (69.7%)
Missouri
Cities with over 100,000 people
New Jersey
Cities with over 100,000 people
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%)
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
New York
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
North Carolina
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
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
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
Pennsylvania
Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
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
Cities with fewer than 25,000 people
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
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. See District of Columbia
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 Capitol Heights, Maryland (92.85%) Carmody Hills-Pepper Mill Village, Maryland (96.90%) Coral Hills, Maryland (93.56%) Fairfield, Alabama (90.2%) Fairmount Heights, Maryland (95.82%) Glenarden, Maryland (95.77%) Glendora, Mississippi (92.3%) Grambling, Louisiana (97.1%) Greater Landover, Maryland (92.03%) Highland Park, Michigan (93.4%) Hillcrest Heights, Maryland (92.18%) Kettering, Maryland (90.62%) Largo, Maryland (92.69%) Lawnside, New Jersey (93.6%) Seat Pleasant, Maryland (96.72%) Shelby, Mississippi (91.1%) Springdale, Maryland (92.79%) Tuskegee, Alabama (95.5%) Walker Mill, Maryland (94.99%)
See also Lists of U.S. cities with non-white majority populations
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