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The following is a list of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States with large African American populations. As a result of slavery, more than half of African Americans live in the South. [1] The data is sourced from the 2010 and 2020 United States Censuses.
| Rank | City | Metropolitan Area Population 2020 United States Census [2] | African-American Population Size, 100,000 or more (2020 United States Census) [3] | African-American Population Size (2010 Census) [4] | % Change (2010-2020) | Percentage African-American (2020) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York, New York (NY-NJ-PA) MSA | 20,140,470 | 3,237,789 | 3,352,616 | −3.42% | 16.1 |
| 2 | Atlanta, Georgia MSA | 6,089,815 | 2,084,212 | 1,707,913 | +22.03% | 34.2 |
| 3 | Chicago, Illinois (IL-IN-WI) MSA | 9,618,502 | 1,576,952 | 1,645,993 | −4.19% | 16.4 |
| 4 | Washington, District of Columbia (DC-MD-VA-WV) MSA | 6,385,162 | 1,562,340 | 1,438,436 | +8.61% | 24.5 |
| 5 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA-NJ-DE-MD) MSA | 6,245,051 | 1,273,120 | 1,241,780 | +2.52% | 20.4 |
| 6 | Houston, Texas MSA | 7,122,240 | 1,267,934 | 1,023,065 | +23.93% | 18 |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas MSA | 7,637,387 | 1,220,934 | 961,800 | +26.94% | 16.0 |
| 8 | Miami, Florida MSA | 6,138,333 | 1,194,334 | 1,206,470 | −1.01% | 19.5 |
| 9 | Detroit, Michigan MSA | 4,392,041 | 961,076 | 980,451 | −1.98% | 21.9 |
| 10 | Los Angeles, California MSA | 13,200,998 | 848,206 | 907,618 | −6.55% | 6.4 |
| 11 | Baltimore, Maryland MSA | 2,844,510 | 811,018 | 778,879 | +4.13% | 28.5 |
| 12 | Memphis, Tennessee (TN-AR-MS) MSA | 1,337,779 | 612,104 | 601,043 | +1.84% | 45.8 |
| 13 | Charlotte, North Carolina (NC-SC) MSA | 2,660,329 | 581,927 | 421,105 | +38.19% | 21.9 |
| 14 | Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Virginia (VA-NC) MSA | 1,799,674 | 544,740 | 522,409 | +4.27% | 30.3 |
| 15 | St. Louis, Missouri (MO-IL) MSA | 2,820,253 | 506,762 | 516,446 | −1.88% | 18.0 |
| 16 | New Orleans, Louisiana MSA | 1,271,845 | 423,909 | 397,095 | +6.75% | 33.3 |
| 17 | Orlando, Florida MSA | 2,673,376 | 410,855 | 344,820 | +19.15% | 15.4 |
| 18 | Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio MSA | 2,088,251 | 410,206 | 416,528 | −1.52% | 19.6 |
| 19 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida MSA | 3,175,275 | 375,855 | 329,334 | +14.13% | 11.8 |
| 20 | Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia MSA | 1,314,434 | 364,714 | 375,427 | −2.85% | 27.7 |
| 21 | Boston, Massachusetts (MA-NH) NECMA | 4,941,632 | 364,054 | 331,292 | +9.89% | 7.4 |
| 22 | San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico MSA | 2,081,265 | N/A | 344,956 | N/A | 16.6 |
| 23 | Jacksonville, Florida MSA | 1,605,848 | 341,206 | 292,881 | +16.50% | 21.2 |
| 24 | Riverside-San Bernardino, California MSA | 4,599,839 | 341,035 | 322,405 | +5.78% | 7.4 |
| 25 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul MSA | 3,690,261 | 337,652 | 243,414 | +38.72% | 9.1 |
| 26 | San Francisco-Oakland, California MSA | 4,749,008 | 335,135 | 363,905 | −7.91% | 7.1 |
| 27 | Columbus, Ohio MSA | 2,138,926 | 334,842 | 273,560 | +22.40% | 15.7 |
| 28 | Birmingham, Alabama MSA | 1,115,289 | 328,242 | 318,373 | +3.10% | 29.4 |
| 29 | Indianapolis, Indiana MSA | 2,111,040 | 317,192 | 263,376 | +20.43% | 15.0 |
| 30 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana MSA | 870,569 | 302,477 | 285,911 | +5.79% | 34.7 |
| 31 | Las Vegas, Nevada MSA | 2,265,461 | 286,684 | 204,379 | +40.27% | 12.7 |
| 32 | Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee MSA | 1,989,519 | 284,784 | 242,264 | +17.55% | 14.3 |
| 33 | Jackson, Mississippi MSA | 591,978 | 282,692 | 257,021 | +9.99% | 47.8 |
| 34 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona MSA | 4,845,832 | 282,437 | 207,734 | +35.96% | 5.8 |
| 35 | Cincinnati, Ohio (OH-KY-IN) MSA | 2,256,884 | 273,322 | 255,905 | +6.81% | 12.1 |
| 36 | Columbia, South Carolina MSA | 829,470 | 269,093 | 255,104 | +5.48% | 32.4 |
| 37 | Kansas City, Missouri (MO-KS) MSA | 2,192,035 | 262,220 | 254,509 | +3.03% | 12.0 |
| 38 | Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina MSA | 1,413,982 | 258,213 | 228,268 | +13.12% | 18.3 |
| 39 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisconsin MSA | 1,574,731 | 255,992 | 261,010 | −1.92% | 16.3 |
| 40 | Seattle, Washington MSA | 4,018,762 | 246,767 | 191,967 | +28.55% | 6.1 |
| 41 | Augusta, Georgia (GA-SC) MSA | 611,000 | 212,570 | 196,695 | +8.07% | 34.8 |
| 42 | Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina MSA | 776,566 | 207,385 | 184,730 | +12.26% | 26.7 |
| 43 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MSA | 2,370,930 | 199,469 | 196,755 | +1.38% | 8.4 |
| 44 | Louisville, Kentucky MSA (KY-IN) MSA | 1,285,439 | 189,663 | 176,107 | +7.70% | 14.8 |
| 45 | Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina MSA | 799,636 | 183,724 | 184,019 | −0.16% | 23.0 |
| 46 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas MSA | 2,558,143 | 181,016 | 141,468 | +27.96% | 7.1 |
| 47 | Little Rock, Arkansas MSA | 748,031 | 173,297 | 155,081 | +11.75% | 23.2 |
| 48 | Fayetteville, North Carolina MSA | 520,378 | 171,793 | 132,833 | +29.33% | 34.3 |
| 49 | Sacramento, California MSA | 2,397,382 | 167,386 | 158,426 | +5.66% | 7.0 |
| 50 | Montgomery, Alabama MSA | 386,047 | 167,315 | 159,330 | +5.01% | 43.3 |
| 51 | Denver-Aurora, Colorado MSA | 2,963,821 | 166,100 | 143,128 | +16.05% | 5.6 |
| 52 | Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina MSA | 649,903 | 162,744 | 136,543 | +19.19% | 25.0 |
| 53 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas MSA | 2,283,371 | 160,079 | 127,397 | +25.65% | 7.0 |
| 54 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California MSA | 3,298,634 | 155,813 | 158,213 | −1.52% | 4.7 |
| 55 | Shreveport, Louisiana MSA | 393,406 | 155,018 | 155,174 | −0.10% | 39.4 |
| 56 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls-Cheektowaga, New York MSA | 1,166,902 | 151,535 | 138,782 | +9.19% | 13.0 |
| 57 | Mobile, Alabama MSA | 430,197 | 149,572 | 142,992 | +4.60% | 34.8 |
| 58 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma MSA | 1,425,695 | 146,494 | 130,597 | +12.17% | 10.3 |
| 59 | Greenville-Anderson, South Carolina MSA | 928,195 | 143,173 | 106,284 | +34.71% | 15.4 |
| 60 | Hartford, Connecticut MSA | 1,213,531 | 141,209 | 131,929 | +7.03% | 11.6 |
| 61 | Columbus, Georgia (GA-AL) MSA | 328,883 | 136,849 | 119,023 | +14.98% | 41.6 |
| 62 | Dayton-Kettering, Ohio MSA | 814,049 | 127,807 | 125,815 | +1.58% | 15.7 |
| 63 | Rochester, New York MSA | 1,090,135 | 127,406 | 122,611 | +3.91% | 11.7 |
| 64 | Savannah, Georgia MSA | 404,798 | 124,644 | 117,726 | +5.88% | 30.8 |
| 65 | Tallahassee, Florida MSA | 384,298 | 121,168 | 119,320 | +1.55% | 31.5 |
| 66 | New Haven-Milford, Connecticut MSA | 864,835 | 118,933 | 109,850 | +8.27% | 13.8 |
| 67 | Lafayette, Louisiana MSA | 478,384 | 117,267 | 73,112 | +60.39% | 24.5 |
| 68 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina MSA | 675,966 | 116,597 | 96,928 | +20.29% | 17.2 |
| 69 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut MSA | 957,419 | 106,756 | 99,317 | +7.49% | 11.2 |
| 70 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida MSA | 725,046 | 105,533 | 88,833 | +18.80% | 14.6 |
| 71 | Huntsville, Alabama MSA | 491,723 | 105,373 | 90,805 | +16.04% | 21.4 |
| 72 | Macon, Georgia MSA | 233,802 | 104,157 | 100,934 | +3.19% | 44.5 |
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