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The list contains the names of cities, districts, and neighborhoods in the U.S. that are predominantly African American or that are strongly associated with African-American culture— either currently or historically. Included are areas that contain high concentrations of blacks or African Americans. Not counted are Afro-Caribbeans, Afro-Latinos, Afro-Asian, Afro-Indian, Afro-Polynesian, West African, and Sub-Saharan African immigrants.

The largest African-American community is in Atlanta, Georgia; followed by Washington, DC; Houston, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida;List of U.S. metropolitan areas with large African-American populations{{Circular reference|date=June 2022}} and Detroit, Michigan.{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/african-americans-working-playing-and-rebelling-in-detroit/2017/08/11/ac37c3fe-6b0f-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html| title = Life for Detroit's blacks over the years: vibrant and volatile - The Washington Post| newspaper = The Washington Post}} About 80 percent of the city population is African-American. A quarter of Metro Detroit (Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties) are African-American.

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Neighborhoods and Master Planned Communities

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=[[Alabama]]=

Birmingham

Black Belt of Alabama – 18 counties in Alabama, a total of 52% African-American population.{{cite web|url=https://www.al.com/news/2017/08/what_is_the_black_belt_and_why.html|title=What is the Black Belt and why is it called that?|first=Christopher|last=Harress|date=August 26, 2017|website=al.com}}

Hobson City

Mobile

Montgomery

Prichard

Skyline

White Hall

=[[Alaska]]=

Anchorage

Fairbanks

=[[Arizona]]=

=[[Arkansas]]=

Altheimer

Conway

Cross Roads, Arkansas

Dumas

Gould

Grady

Helena and West Helena

Jonesboro

Lake Village

Little Rock

Pine Bluff

Stuttgart

West Memphis

=[[California]]=

Allensworth in Tulare County (historical)

Antelope ValleyTexeira, Erin. "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-30-ss-44754-story.html Migrants From L.A. Flow to Affordable Suburbs Such as Inland Empire]." Los Angeles Times. March 30, 2001. Retrieved on April 3, 2014.

Avenal

Bakersfield{{cite web|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/place/California/Bakersfield/Race-and-Ethnicity|title=Map of Race and Ethnicity by Neighborhood in Bakersfield|publisher=StatisticalAtlas}}

  • Lakeview
  • Oleander/Sunset
  • Southwest Bakersfield

Berkeley

Blacks Beach, Santa Monica (historic).

Bruce's Beach, Manhattan Beach (historic).

California City{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|first=|last=|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 13, 2019}}

Chowchilla

Woodland Park, Chula Vista{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegostory.com/go-for-the-jazz-in-federal-jazz-project/|title=Go for the Jazz in Federal Jazz Project|date=17 April 2013|website=Sandiegostory.com|access-date=25 October 2017}}

Corcoran

East Palo Alto – one of Silicon Valley's largest Black percentage cities, declined from a Black majority or plurality in 1970s and 1980s (17% from 2010)

Emeryville

Fairfield

  • Tolenas

Folsom (historic Negro Bar).

Fresno

  • Edison (Southwest Fresno)

Hayward – communities found in Jackson Triangle, North Hayward, and Upper B Street areas.

  • Hercules[https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=7b1fcc4bea8f428ea8ae7fe9bac1334b Mapping black California] arcgis.com
  • Lake Elsinore – Yarborough neighborhood of Old Town. Riverside County – goes back to the 1880s when the city incorporated (historic).

Long Beach – Concentrated near north of 10th Street and south of Willow Street, east of Long Beach Boulevard and west of Walnut Avenue.{{cite web|url=https://longbeachize.com/articles/news-redistricting-black-community-6th-district-central-long-beach-brian-addison/#:~:text=Largely%20defined%20geographically%20as%20north,historically%20existed%20at%20this%20intersection.|title=‘Cannibalization of the Black community:’ Residents voice concerns as historic Black core faces divvying via redistricting}}

Los Angeles

Los Angeles County

  • Athens
  • Bellflower
  • Carson
  • Compton (especially in Downtown Compton and Sunny Cove)
  • "Freetown", Whittier
  • Gardena
  • Hawthorne
  • Inglewood{{cite web|url=https://ktla.com/2019/04/10/one-of-californias-last-black-enclaves-threatened-by-inglewoods-upcoming-entertainment-complex/|title=One of California's Last Black Enclaves Threatened by Inglewood's Upcoming Entertainment Complex|date=April 10, 2019}}
  • Crenshaw-Imperial
  • Hollywood Park
  • Morningside Park{{cite web |url=http://www.clrsearch.com/Inglewood-Demographics/CA/90305/Population-by-Race-and-Ethnicity |title=Inglewood, CA 90305 Population by Race and Ethnicity |publisher=CLRSearch |access-date=2015-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224052838/http://www.clrsearch.com/Inglewood-Demographics/CA/90305/Population-by-Race-and-Ethnicity |archive-date=December 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
  • North Inglewood
  • Ladera Heights
  • Lancaster{{cite web|url=https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/the-shifting-demographics-of-antelope-valley-and-developments-consequences|title=The Shifting Demographics of Antelope Valley — And Development's Consequences|first=Kim|last=Stringfellow|date=December 12, 2017|website=KCET}}{{r|TexeiraInlandEmp}}
  • Palmdale
  • Pomona{{cite web|url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2015/08/08/watts-riots-inland-valley-african-americans-faced-same-problems/|title=Watts riots: Inland Valley African-Americans faced same problems|date=August 8, 2015}}
  • Sun Village
  • View Park-Windsor Hills
  • West Athens
  • West Compton
  • Westmont
  • Willowbrook

Marin City

Merced

  • Loughborough, North Merced
  • Childs Ave, South Merced
  • Glen Ave, East Merced

Oakland{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/blacksinoakland5000/home/history-of-oakland-s-segregation|title=History of Oakland's Segregation - Blacks in Oakland|website=sites.google.com}}

Pasadena (esp southwest side and South Pasadena){{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-02-me-3409-story.html|title=Black People Find Pasadena to Be an Island of Opportunity|date=February 2, 1986|via=LA Times}}

Pinole

Pittsburg

Richmond

Riverside –

  • Blaine Park.
  • East Side Riverside – along University and Chicago Avenues.
  • North End Riverside.
  • Raincross Square – downtown.
  • University City.
  • University Heights.

Nearby cities:

  • Blythe – (15% black)
  • Crossley Tract,{{cite news|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/palm-springs/2017/12/18/palm-springs-remove-trees-blocking-historically-black-area-city-golf-course/961478001/|title=Palm Springs will remove the trees blocking a historically black area from a city golf course|work=Desert Sun|first=Corinne S |last=Kennedy |date=December 18, 2017}} Palm Springs extends to Cathedral City.
  • Desert Highland, Palm Springs.{{cite news|last=Beason|first=Tyrone|date=2021-08-15|title='We're here to stay.' Despite isolation and racism, Black Americans feel at home in California's desert|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-08-15/california-desert-draws-black-americans-seeking-escape-from-racism|access-date=2021-08-16|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}
  • Desert Hot Springs.
  • Dream Homes/Gateway, Cathedral City near Palm Springs.
  • Mead Valley.
  • Moreno Valley – (17% black).{{r|TexeiraInlandEmp}}
  • Nobles Ranch near Indio Fashion Mall, Indio.
  • North End, Palm Springs.
  • Perris – esp. near March Air Base.
  • Section 14, Palm Springs (historic, abandoned in the 1960s).
  • West Indio (Nairobi Village) (limited).

Sacramento

Nearby cities:

San Bernardino area –

  • Downtown San Bernardino.
  • Indian Springs, near Seccombe Lake Park.
  • Mount Vernon Avenue.
  • University District, San Bernardino (Kendall Farms and North Park).
  • Waterman-North End.
  • West Side San Bernardino.

Nearby cities:

San Diego

San Diego area-

San Francisco

San Jose

Bristol Street, McFadden Avenue, Raitt Street and Santa Ana Boulevard in Santa Ana{{cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2011/03/10/santa-ana-neighborhood-was-african-american-hub/amp/|title=Santa Ana neighborhood was African American hub|date=March 10, 2011}}

Santa Clara{{cite web|url=https://bayareaequityatlas.org/black-in-the-bay/demographics-analysis|title=Who is Black in the Bay Area?}}

Santa Rosa - South Park (historic), and Black/Eritrean communities in Northcoast Street/Piner Road area

Seaside

Stockton{{Cite web|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/place/California/Stockton/Race-and-Ethnicity|title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas|website=statisticalatlas.com|accessdate=April 28, 2024}}

  • Downtown Stockton
  • Kentfield
  • Weberstown

Suisun City (20%) – Solano County.

Susanville

Tehachapi

Vallejo

Val Verde resort (historic).

Weed

  • Lincoln Heights (mostly burned down in September 2022 fire; parts of Weed have some Black residents but fewer compared to mid-20th century when most of the Black community worked on the railroads).

Mono Lake and nearby Bishop, Mammoth Lakes and Round Valley developed large Black percentages near the NV state line. Blythe, Big River, Havasu and Needles near the AZ state line. And towards Oregon (Siskiyou county) and the Mexican border (Imperial valley)

=[[Colorado]]=

Aurora

Colorado Springs

  • Southeast Colorado Springs

Denver

Fountain

=[[Connecticut]]=

Bloomfield

Blue Hills

Bridgeport{{cite web|url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-connecticut/|title=These Are The 10 Connecticut Cities With The Largest Black Population For 2019|date=December 9, 2018}}

Capaco

Danbury

North End, Hartford

Middletown

New Haven

New London

Norwalk

Stamford

Waterbury

=[[District of Columbia]]=

(Washington, D.C.)

Peaking at 75% black in the mid-1970s after five previous decades of the Great Migration increased the black population five-fold, DC is 46–49% black in 2018. DC remains the largest African-American percentage population of any state or territory in the mainland US. {{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

=[[Florida]]=

Angola

Collier County

East Dunbar, Fort Myers

Fort Lauderdale

Gretna

Hillsborough County

* New Tampa, Florida

Jacksonville

  • Brooklyn{{cite web|url = http://www.moderncities.com/article/2017-jan-gentrification-a-perspective-from-a-long-time-resident|title = Gentrification: A perspective from a long time resident|last = Gilmore|first = Tim|date = 2017-01-25|website = Modern Cities|access-date = 2017-02-02}}
  • LaVilla

Lee County

Miami and Miami-Dade County

Orange County

Newtown, Palatka

Kendall Green, Pompano Beach

Palm Beach County

Pasco County

Polk County

Prospect Bluff Historic Sites

Riviera Beach

Rosewood (historic)

Fort Mose Historic State Park, St. Augustine

Sanford

Sea Islands (northern coast), home to the Gullah and Geechee peoples (African creoles).

South Bay

Frenchtown, Tallahassee

St. Johns County

Carver Ranches, West Park

=[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]=

Atlanta - majority African-American.

Albany{{cite web|url=http://zipatlas.com/us/ga/city-comparison/percentage-black-population.htm|title=Cities with the Highest Percentage of Blacks (African Americans) in Georgia – Zip Atlas|website=zipatlas.com|access-date=February 15, 2019}}

Augusta{{cite web|url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-america/|title=These Are The 10 Cities In America With The Largest Black Population|date=January 21, 2019|website=roadsnacks.net|access-date=February 15, 2019}}

Bellevue, Macon

Cairo

Clayton County

Douglasville

Hancock County

Hinesville

Jefferson County

Lithonia

Macon

Savannah

Sea Islands (southern coast), home to the Gullah and Geechee peoples (African creoles).

Stewart County

Stone Mountain

  • Downtown
  • Redan
  • Stephenson

Talbot County

=[[Idaho]]=

=[[Illinois]]=

Cairo

Chicago

Joliet

Kankakee County

Peoria

  • West Peoria

Pulaski County

St. Clair County

=[[Indiana]]=

Gary

Indianapolis

  • Avondale Meadows{{cite encyclopedia |title=Avondale Meadows |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |year=2021 |last=Verderame |first=Jyoti A. |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/avondale-meadows/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • Bridgeport (Sunnyside/West Parkview) (historic){{cite encyclopedia |title=Bridgeport |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |orig-date=1994 |year=2021 |last1=Watson |first1=Pat |last2=Verderame |first2=Jyoti A. |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/bridgeport/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • Crooked Creek{{cite encyclopedia |title=Crooked Creek |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |year=2021 |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/crooked-creek/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • Devington{{cite encyclopedia |title=Devington |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |year=2021 |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/devington/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • Haughville{{cite encyclopedia |title=Haughville |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |orig-date=1994 |year=2021 |last=Donnelly |first=Cathleen F. |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/haughville/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • Indiana Avenue (historic){{cite encyclopedia |title=Indiana Avenue |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |date=November 20, 2020 |last=Mullins |first=Paul |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/features/indiana-avenue/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • Flanner House Homes{{cite encyclopedia |title=Flanner House |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |orig-date=1994 |year=2021 |last1=Hale |first1=Michelle D. |last2=Loyd |first2=Margaret |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/flanner-house/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • Lockefield Gardens{{cite encyclopedia |title=Lockefield Gardens |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |orig-date=1994 |year=2021 |last=Darbee |first=Leigh |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/lockefield-gardens/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • Ransom Place Historic District{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ransom Place |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |orig-date=1994 |year=2022 |last1=Frisby |first1=David |last2=Frisby |first2=Mary |last3=Blair |first3=Lyndsey D. |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/ransom-place/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • Martindale–Brightwood{{cite encyclopedia |title=Martindale–Brightwood |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |orig-date=1994 |year=2021 |last1=Zeigler |first1=Connie J. |last2=Cross |first2=Robert |last3=Blair |first3=Lyndsey D. |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/martindale-brightwood/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • Norwood{{cite news |last=Drenon |first=Brandon |title=City planned morgue in historic Norwood neighborhood. Then officials heard from residents. |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2022/03/14/indianapolis-norwood-neighborhood-gentrification-government-morgue-plan/6998253001/ |date=March 14, 2022 |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |publisher=Gannett Company |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • United Northwest Area{{cite encyclopedia |title=United Northwest Area |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |orig-date=1994 |year=2021 |last1=Dalton |first1=William D. |last2=Van Allen |first2=Elizabeth J. |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/united-northwest-area/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}
  • Northwest–Riverside{{cite encyclopedia |title=Northwest–Riverside |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |orig-date=1994 |year=2021 |last=Donnelly |first=Cathleen F. |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/northwest-riverside/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}

Merrillville

Washington Township, Randolph County (outside Lynn – 1% while it's higher outside Lynn)

=[[Iowa]]=

Cedar Rapids

Des Moines

Quad Cities area

Saylorville

=[[Kansas]]=

Cherokee Township (Weir, Kansas)

Dodge City

Kansas City, Kansas

Morton City, Kansas ("Exoduster" historic site){{cite web| url = https://www.nps.gov/home/learn/historyculture/exodusters.htm| title = Exodusters - Homestead National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)}}{{cite web|url=https://lostkscommunities.omeka.net/items/show/21 |title=Morton City, Hodgeman County · Lost Kansas Communities |publisher=Lostkscommunities.omeka.net |date= |accessdate=2022-03-19}}

Wichita

Junction City{{Cite web|url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-kansas/|title=Kansas Cities with the Largest Black Population, 2020|date=December 21, 2019}}

=[[Kentucky]]=

Lexington

Louisville

Paducah – While the city itself is about 25% African American, the city school district's high school is about 50% African American.

Russellville

=[[Louisiana]]=

Acadiana region in Louisiana has several historically African-American majority towns.

Alexandria{{cite web | url=http://zipatlas.com/us/la/city-comparison/percentage-black-population.htm | title=Cities with the Highest Percentage of Blacks (African Americans) in Louisiana | Zip Atlas }}

Bastrop

Baton Rouge

Black Belt of Louisiana{{cite web|url=http://legacy.soulofamerica.com/black-towns-louisiana.phtml|title=Black Towns Louisiana - SoulOfAmerica|website=legacy.soulofamerica.com}} - Bobtown, Mossville, St. Maurice and Washington.

Donaldsonville

Edgar

Grambling

Jeanerette

Lafayette

Lake Charles

Mississippi Delta region.

Monroe

Natchitoches

New Orleans

Opelousas

Shreveport

Tallulah

Wallace

=[[Maine]]=

Kennedy Park, Portland

=[[Maryland]]=

Anne Arundel County

Baltimore

Baltimore County

Berry Road area (MD route 228).

Charles County

Montgomery County

  • Ken-Gar{{cite web|title=Bladensburg, Maryland|date=September 28, 2017|url=https://cnsmaryland.org/2017/09/28/historically-black-ken-gar-community-celebrates-125th-anniversary/|publisher=cnsmaryland.org|access-date=10 October 2020}}

Prince George's County

Ridge near St. Inigoes

St. Mary's County

Somerset County

=[[Massachusetts]]=

Boston

Other places in MA

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=[[Michigan]]=

Bay City

Benton Harbor – site of 2003 riots

Beverly Hills

Birmingham

Bloomfield area-

  • Bloomfield Village
  • Charing Cross
  • Circle
  • Oak Grove

Bloomfield Hills

West Bloomfield {{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

Detroit

Flint

Hamtramck

Highland Park

Inkster

Jackson

Kalamazoo

Lansing

Midland

Muskegon Heights

Pontiac

Saginaw

Southfield

Warren – est. 15–20%.

=[[Minnesota]]=

Minneapolis

Rochester

  • River Court
  • Sunnyside{{cite web|url= https://statisticalatlas.com/place/Minnesota/Rochester/Race-and-Ethnicity|title= Map of Race and Ethnicity by Neighborhood in Rochester|publisher= StatisticalAtlas}}

Saint Paul

=[[Mississippi]]=

Black Belt of Mississippi – Large African-American majority region.{{Cite journal|url=https://southernspaces.org/2004/black-belt|title=The Black Belt|first=Allen|last=Tullos|journal=Southern Spaces|date=July 15, 2004|volume=2004|via=southernspaces.org|doi=10.18737/M70K6P|doi-access=free}}

Byhalia

Clarksdale - 68% black

Davis Bend, Mississippi/Louisiana.

Falcon – 98% black.

Russ College

Jackson

  • Georgetown
  • Queens-Magnolia Terrace
  • Shady Oaks
  • Stadium Side
  • Presidential Hills
  • Virden Addition
  • Washington Addition

University Park/Palisades

Leland - 2/3 of the town is black.

Mississippi Delta region.

Mound Bayou – 98% black.

Tougaloo

Yazoo City

=[[Missouri]]=

Charleston{{cite web | url=http://zipatlas.com/us/mo/city-comparison/percentage-black-population.htm | title=Cities with the Highest Percentage of Blacks (African Americans) in Missouri | Zip Atlas }}

Hayti Heights

Kansas City

St. Louis

St. Louis County

=[[Nebraska]]=

Bellevue{{cite web | url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-nebraska/ | title=Nebraska Cities with the Largest Black Population for 2022 | date=April 7, 2022 }}

Lincoln

Omaha - most live in Northeast Omaha.

  • Lexington{{Cite web|url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-nebraska/|title = Nebraska Cities with the Largest Black Population for 2021|date = December 21, 2020}}

South Sioux City

=[[Nevada]]=

=[[New Jersey]]=

=[[New Mexico]]=

Albuquerque{{cite web|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/place/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/Race-and-Ethnicity|title=Map of Race and Ethnicity by Neighborhood in Albuquerque

|publisher=StatisticalAtlas}}

Blackdom (historical; currently a ghost town)

Clovis (some areas)

Hobbs (some areas)

=[[New York (state)|New York]]=

Albany

Buffalo

Mount Vernon

Nassau County

New York City

Orange County

Poughkeepsie (site of 1927 race riot)

Rochester

Rockland County

Suffolk County

Syracuse

Utica

White Plains

Yonkers

=[[North Carolina]]=

East End/Valley Street Neighborhood, Asheville

Eastland, Charlotte

Hayti, Durham

Emorywoods Estate, Durham, North

Carolina

Elizabeth City

Goldsboro

Greensboro – 40.6% black, historic black city in the South since slavery, colonial times, Civil rights and the Civil war.{{cite web|url=https://www.greensboro.com/1808greensboro/people/count-a-look-at-black-history-in-greensboro/article_5b80950c-a592-11e4-9022-5f9028fac4ea.amp.html|title=8 Count: A Look at Black History in Greensboro | People | greensboro.com|website=www.greensboro.com|date=January 27, 2015 }}

Henderson

James City{{cite web|url=http://legacy.soulofamerica.com/black-towns-north-carolina.phtml|title=Black Towns North Carolina - SoulOfAmerica|website=legacy.soulofamerica.com}}

Kinston{{cite web|url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-north-carolina/|title=These Are The 10 North Carolina Cities With The Largest Black Population For 2019|date=December 9, 2018}} (62% black)

Crestdale Matthews Formerly Tank Town

Oxford

Princeville

Raleigh

Rocky Mount

Roxboro

Sedalia{{cite web | url=http://zipatlas.com/us/nc/city-comparison/percentage-black-population.htm | title=Cities with the Highest Percentage of Blacks (African Americans) in North Carolina | Zip Atlas }}

Tarboro

Wadesboro{{cite web | url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-north-carolina/ | title=North Carolina Cities with the Largest Black Population for 2022 | date=April 7, 2022 }}

Williamston

Woodland (45/45% split black/white)

=[[Ohio]]=

Akron

Canton

Cincinnati

  • Avondale{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B470BBBE-9866-80BE-F6BB6C36AE290FB0/showMeta/0/|title=Avondale : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Bond Hill{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B4769A32-CAE6-583D-A86BF5BEDCA1438F/showMeta/0/|title=Bond Hill : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • College Hill{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B49C1259-E9DB-89F0-61F2010F2702B3CA/showMeta/0/|title=College Hill : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • East Westwood{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B4B79391-E897-F822-F56880181AC915EA/showMeta/0/|title=East Westwood : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • English Woods{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B4BA69DA-0B0D-C749-3338583B2ABB7D1E/showMeta/0/|title=English Woods : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Evanston{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B4BC6892-A945-0AE0-E665DAADAD9AE16A/showMeta/0/|title=Evanston : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Kennedy Heights{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B4C54F32-DEF3-E782-92647B32E7DBABF8/showMeta/0/|title=Kennedy Heights : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Madisonville{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B4D14DEF-D196-7850-042FE4C9601EE8B1/showMeta/0/|title=Madisonville : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Millvale{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B4D4DA85-D416-B7F2-A16A3D44A97F24BC/showMeta/0/|title=Millvale : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Mount Airy{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B4D96386-E738-639E-493A079D9EA98059/showMeta/0/|title=Mount Airy : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • North Avondale{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B542504A-A30E-F840-895B9DD8680C8FE8/showMeta/0/|title=North Avondale : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • North Fairmount{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B54952B0-9C00-2B3A-51E390966F14031B/showMeta/0/|title=North Fairmount : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Over-the-Rhine{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B5547015-A0F1-CB62-3D788CC10EA7C3BD/showMeta/0/|title=Over-the-Rhine : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Paddock Hills{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B5571824-C8A7-E9A0-45BA17901FADE8B4/showMeta/0/|title=Paddock Hills : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Pendleton{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B55A6FA7-B574-1062-018BA7D1A6917437/showMeta/0/|title=Pendleton : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Queensgate{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B55F827F-0EB1-AC7E-0425B497B0B5DEA5/showMeta/0/|title=Queensgate : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Roselawn{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B5649ECF-B3EF-EAED-6268E01B450A5DAB/showMeta/0/|title=Roselawn : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • South Cumminsville{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B56F89F6-D346-4BB8-80D9D9B5CB92F16B/showMeta/0/|title=South Cumminsville : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • South Fairmount{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B57352DD-0B69-D06E-AA0DE2A1A17B53DF/showMeta/0/|title=South Fairmount : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Spring Grove Village{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B575F6BE-EEDA-9C5D-065FF05AFDFB7101/showMeta/0/|title=Spring Grove Village : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Villages at Roll Hill{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B5795B84-FE73-970A-0B283974575E4EC4/showMeta/0/|title=Fay Apartments : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • West End{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B57F68CC-CCF3-D8D6-DD5FB883EA12E1D0/showMeta/0/|title=West End : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Westwood{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B583EB23-B019-9462-2499CF43B44BB8C6/showMeta/0/|title=Westwood : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}
  • Winton Hills{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/linkservid/B588CF83-F6D8-FCC3-01B78A4860761534/showMeta/0/|title=Winton Hills : Statistical Neighborhood Approximation|website=Cincinnati-oh-gov|access-date=25 October 2017}}

Cleveland

Columbus

Dayton

  • Oregon District

East Jackson-Waverly

Newark

Springfield

Toledo

  • North Park
  • South Side

Warren

Warrensville Heights{{cite web | url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-ohio/ | title=Ohio Cities with the Largest Black Population for 2022 | date=April 7, 2022 }}

Youngstown

=[[Oklahoma]]=

Oklahoma has a few surviving all-black or African-American majority towns as a result of the Land Rush of 1889, similar to the Exodusters after the Civil War (1860s) to nearby Kansas. One example is Freedom not to be confused with Freedom in the western half of the state.{{cite web|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/black-history-month-historic-all-black-towns-remain-in-oklahoma/collection_7d1d7b5d-662c-54a0-a072-bc560fdf6756.html|title = Throwback Tulsa: The 13 historic all-Black towns that remain in Oklahoma| date=February 24, 2021 }}

"All-Black" settlements that were part of the Land Run of 1889.{{cite encyclopedia | url= http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/A/AL009.html | title= All-Black Towns | first= Larry | last= O'Dell | publisher= Oklahoma Historical Society | encyclopedia= Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture | access-date= 2012-08-19 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121103020841/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/A/AL009.html | archive-date= 2012-11-03 }}

Among the Oklahoma Territory all Black towns no longer in existence are Lincoln, Cimarron City, Bailey, Zion, Emanuel, Udora, and Douglas.

Bristow – 10% Black

Eufaula

Langston{{cite web|url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=AL009|title = All-Black Towns | the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture}}

Oklahoma City

Tahlequah East side

Tulsa – 15% black city

Turley – 20–25% Black

=[[Oregon]]=

Portland

Eugene{{Cite web |title=Eugene's Black Neighborhoods |url=https://mnchexhibits.uoregon.edu/racing-to-change/pre-civil-rights/eugenes-black-neighborhoods/ |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=Racing to Change, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon}}

=[[Pennsylvania]]=

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

=[[Rhode Island]]=

Pawtucket

Providence

  • Federal Hill – developed sizable black population since the 1960s.
  • Mount Hope
  • South Providence

=[[South Carolina]]=

South Carolina is part of the Black Belt geological formation

Acabee

Allendale

Bennettsville

Charleston

Columbia

Greenville

Lake City

Marion

North Charleston

Orangeburg

Red Top

Ridgeland

Rock Hill (38.3%)

Sea Islands (South Carolina coast, home to the Gullah and Geechee peoples (African creoles).

Sumter (47.03%)

=[[Tennessee]]=

Chattanooga{{cite web | url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-tennessee/ | title=Tennessee Cities with the Largest Black Population for 2022 | date=April 7, 2022 }}

Denmark

Dyersburg

Jackson

Knoxville

Memphis

Nashville

Whiteville{{cite web|url=http://zipatlas.com/us/tn/city-comparison/percentage-black-population.htm|title = Cities with the Highest Percentage of Blacks (African Americans) in Tennessee | Zip Atlas}}

=[[Texas]]=

Austin

Austin suburbs

  • Bastrop - Black population, 965 (9.96%) in 2020 Census
  • Shiloh
  • Hornsby Bend - Black population, 2,208 (18.15%) in 2020 Census
  • Hutto - Black population, 3,459 (12.54%) in 2020 Census
  • Pflugerville - Black population, 9,624 (14.76%) in 2020 Census
  • Round Rock - Black population, 11,552 (9.67%) in 2020 Census
  • Shenandoah
  • Wells Branch - Black population, 2,426 (17.33%) in 2020 Census
  • Windemere - Black population, 16.82% in 2010 Census

Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange (Golden Triangle area){{cite web|url=https://blackdemographics.com/states/texas/|title=Texas – BlackDemographics.com|date=December 12, 2023 }}

Central Texas - Waco-College Station area.

  • Bryan - Black population, 12,876 (15.33%) in 2020 Census
  • Calvert - Black population, 482 (50.10%) in 2020 Census
  • Navasota - Black population, 2,018 (26.40%) in 2020 Census
  • Waco - Black population, 26,844 (19.38%) in 2020 Census
  • East Waco

Corpus Christi Texas, Nueces County

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Dallas

  • North east Dallas
  • Oak Cliff
  • Pleasant Grove
  • South Dallas
  • Skillman Road
  • West Dallas.
  • Old East Dallas
  • Hamilton Park
  • Arlington Park
  • Vickery Meadow
  • South Fergusun
  • Love Field Area

Dallas County

  • Cedar Hill - Black population, 25,790 (52.47%) in 2020 Census
  • DeSoto - Black population, 38,971 (69.41%) in 2020 Census
  • Duncanville - Black population, 12,085 (29.69%) in 2020 Census
  • Grand Prairie{{Cite web|url=https://blacksindallas.com/southernsuburbs/grand-prairie/|title=Grand Prairie|accessdate=April 28, 2024}} - Black population, 46,360 (23.64%) in 2020 Census
  • Irving{{Cite web|url=https://blacksindallas.com/northernsuburbs/irving/|title=Irving|accessdate=April 28, 2024}} - Black population, 31,714 (12.36%) in 2020 Census
  • Lancaster - Black population, 27,078 (65.60%) in 2020 Census

Fort Worth

Tarrant County

  • Arlington - Black population, 88,230 (22.38%) in 2020 Census
  • Mansfield - Black population, 15,539 (21.40%) in 2020 Census
  • Euless - Black population, 9,626 (15.77%) in 2020 Census
  • Forest Hill - Black population, 5,490 (39.34%) in 2020 Census
  • Bedford - Black population, 5,693 (11.40%) in 2020 Census
  • Hurst - Black population, 3,996 (9.89%) in 2020 Census

East Texas has some Black majority towns. Also known as the Big Thicket, and Piney Woods region{{cite web|url=https://www.laits.utexas.edu/texasblackhistory/Piney-Woods.html|title=Black Towns in the Piney Woods Region|website=www.laits.utexas.edu}}

  • Ames - Black population, 700 (74.71%) in 2020 Census
  • Athens - Black population, 2,059 (16.01%) in 2020 Census
  • Browndell - Black population, 78 (48.75%) in 2020 Census
  • Cuney - Black population, 69 (59.48%) in 2020 Census
  • Domino - Black population, 59 (83.10%) in 2020 Census
  • Goodlow - Black population, 133 (74.70%) in 2020 Census
  • Huntsville - Black population, 11,420 (24.86%) in 2020 Census
  • Phelps
  • Jasper - Black population, 3,101 (45.45%) in 2020 Census
  • Lufkin - Black population, 9,045 (26.49%) in 2020 Census
  • Nacogdoches - Black population, 8,376 (26.06%) in 2020 Census
  • San Augustine - Black population, 968 (50.42%) in 2020 Census
  • Seven Oaks - Black population, 28 (41.20%) in 2020 Census

Houston

Houston Suburbs

  • Barrett - Black population, 2,324 (44.50%) in 2020 Census
  • Baytown - Black population, 13,652 (16.31%) in 2020 Census
  • Conroe - Black population, 8,951 (9.95%) in 2020 Census
  • Freeport - Black population, 13,690 (55.91%) in 2020 Census
  • Fresno - Black population, 2,426 (17.33%) in 2020 Census
  • Galveston - Black population, 8,785 (16.36%) in 2020 Census
  • Hempstead{{cite web|url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-texas/|title = Texas Cities with the Largest Black Population for 2021|date = December 21, 2020}} - Black population, 1,760 (32.41%) in 2020 Census
  • Kendleton - Black population, 220 (64.10%) in 2020 Census
  • Manvel - Black population, 2,661 (26.63%) in 2020 Census
  • Missouri City - Black population, 30,146 (40.6%) in 2020 Census
  • Prairie View - Black population, 6,712 (82.01%) in 2020 Census
  • Spring, Texas - Black population, 15,492 (24.76%) in 2020 Census
  • Pearland, Texas - Black population, 24,482 (19.46%) in 2020 Census
  • Tamina
  • Waller - Black population, 458 (17.08%) in 2020 Census
  • Willis - Black population, 1,076 (16.73%) in 2020 Census

Killeen-Temple (Bell County)

  • Killeen - Black population, 54,109 (35.34%) in 2020 Census
  • Temple - Black population, 12,031 (14.66%) in 2020 Census
  • Harker Heights - Black population, 7,198 (21.75%) in 2020 Census
  • Copperas Cove - Black population, 6,431 (17.54%) in 2020 Census
  • Fort Cavazos - Black population, 4,521 (16.00%) in 2020 Census

Northeast Texas

  • Corsicana - Black population, 4,782 (19.04%) in 2020 Census
  • Easton{{cite web|url=http://zipatlas.com/us/city-comparison/percentage-black-population.htm|title = Cities with the Highest Percentage of Blacks (African Americans) in the United States | Zip Atlas}} - Black population, 259 (51.9%) in 2020 Census
  • Henderson - Black population, 3,052 (23.0%) in 2020 Census
  • Jacksonville - Black population, 2,747 (19.63%) in 2020 Census
  • Longview - Black population, 19,173 (23.49%) in 2020 Census
  • Marshall - Black population, 8,368 (35.77%) in 2020 Census
  • Mexia - Black population, 2,086 (30.26%) in 2020 Census
  • Moore Station - Black population, 142 (88.75%) in 2020 Census
  • Neylandville - Black population, 29 (43.28%) in 2020 Census
  • Palestine - Black population, 4,439 (23.94%) in 2020 Census
  • Scottsville - Black population, 138 (41.30%) in 2020 Census
  • Texarkana - Black population, 13,565 (37.48%) in 2020 Census
  • Toco - Black population, 56 (61.54%) in 2020 Census
  • Tyler - Black population, 24,126 (22.76%) in 2020 Census

San Antonio

Wichita Falls

= [[U.S. Virgin Islands]] =

Majority of territory residents are of black/Afro-Caribbean descent.

= [[Utah]] =

Most of state's blacks concentrated in Hill Air Force Base near Ogden.

Historically, the diverse SugarHouse district of Salt Lake City.

=[[Vermont]]=

=[[Virginia]]=

Alexandria – Black population, at 31,314 (19.64%) in 2020 Census.

Arlington County – Black population, at 20,330 (8.52%) in 2020 Census.

Charles City County – Black population, at 2,836 (41.87%) in 2020 Census.

Chase City - Mecklenburg County

Cheasapeake

Clarksville - Mecklenburg County

Courtland - Southampton County

Danville{{cite web|url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-virginia/|title=These Are The 10 Virginia Cities With The Largest Black Population For 2019|first=Kimberly Johnson|last=says|date=December 9, 2018|website=roadsnacks.net|access-date=February 15, 2019}}

Dendron (51.2%) - Surry County

Eastern counties of Virginia along Chesapeake Bay (Middle Peninsula).

It encompasses six Virginia counties:

Emporia (56.2%) - Greensville County

Franklin (52.3%)

Hampton

Hopewell

Kenbridge - Lunenburg County

Lawrenceville (64.6%) - Brunswick County

Lynchburg

Martinsville

Nassawadox (54.9%) - Northampton County

Newport News

  • Christopher Shores-Stuart Gardens
  • East End

Norfolk

Petersburg

Portsmouth

Richmond - Henrico County

Roanoke

Smithfield - Isle of Wight County

South Boston - Halifax County

South Hill - Mecklenburg County

Suffolk

Wakefield (51.3%) - Sussex County

Waverly (61.8%) - Sussex County

Williamsburg

Virginia Beach

=[[Washington (state)|Washington]]=

Federal Way

Parkland

  • Lake City
  • Park Lodge (central area)

Seatac

Seattle

Tacoma

Tukwila – est.15–20%.

=[[West Virginia]]=

Institute

Keystone

Kimball

=[[Wisconsin]]=

Beloit{{cite web|url=https://www.roadsnacks.net/most-african-american-cities-in-wisconsin/|title=These Are The 10 Wisconsin Cities With The Largest Black Population For 2019|date=December 9, 2018|website=roadsnacks.net|access-date=February 15, 2019}}

Brown Deer

Kenosha

Madison{{cite web|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/place/Wisconsin/Madison/Race-and-Ethnicity|title=Map of Race and Ethnicity by Neighborhood in Madison|publisher=StatisticalAtlas}}

  • Burke Heights
  • Burr Oaks
  • Nobel Park
  • Park Ridge
  • Walnut Grove
  • Wexford Ridge

Middleton

Milwaukee

Racine

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