List of United States cities with a majority African American population

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 parantheses next to the city's name.

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1 Alabama

1.1 Cities with over 100,000 people
1.2 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
1.3 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

2 Arkansas

2.4 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
2.5 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

3 Delaware

3.6 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

4 District of Columbia

4.7 Cities with over 100,000 people

5 Florida

5.8 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
5.9 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

6 Georgia

6.10 Cities with over 100,000 people
6.11 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
6.12 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

7 Illinois

7.13 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
7.14 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

8 Indiana

8.15 Cities with over 100,000 people

9 Louisiana

9.16 Cities with over 100,000 people
9.17 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
9.18 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

10 Maryland

10.19 Cities with over 100,000 people
10.20 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

11 Michigan

11.21 Cities with over 100,000 people

12 Mississippi

12.22 Cities with over 100,000 people
12.23 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
12.24 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

13 Missouri

13.25 Cities with over 100,000 people

14 New Jersey

14.26 Cities with over 100,000 people
14.27 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

15 North Carolina

15.28 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
15.29 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

16 Ohio

16.30 Cities with over 100,000 people
16.31 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

17 Pennsylvania

17.32 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

18 South Carolina

18.33 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

19 Tennessee

19.34 Cities with over 100,000 people
19.35 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

20 Texas

20.36 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people

21 Virginia

21.37 Cities with over 100,000 people
21.38 Cities with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
21.39 Cities with fewer than 25,000 people