Ranking of US Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
Updated on March 8, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among all US cities and places with a population of at least 50K, Brockton city, MA had the highest percentage of population with Subsaharan African ancestry (21.08%), followed by Pawtucket city, RI (15.40%), and Brooklyn Park city, MN (14.78%).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 200 cities and places.
You can see similar information for other ancestry groups in the US.
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Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Ranking of US Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | City or Place | Percentage of Population (%) |
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| 1 | Brockton city, MA | 21.08 |
| 2 | Pawtucket city, RI | 15.40 |
| 3 | Brooklyn Park city, MN | 14.78 |
| 4 | Suffolk city, VA | 13.26 |
| 5 | Silver Spring CDP, MD | 13.15 |
| 6 | St. Cloud city, MN | 11.37 |
| 7 | Bowie city, MD | 10.54 |
| 8 | New Bedford city, MA | 10.42 |
| 9 | Alexandria city, VA | 9.28 |
| 10 | Canton city, OH | 8.01 |
| 11 | Germantown CDP, MD | 7.99 |
| 12 | Minneapolis city, MN | 7.81 |
| 13 | Portland city, ME | 7.13 |
| 14 | Wheaton CDP, MD | 7.03 |
| 15 | Newark city, NJ | 6.28 |
| 16 | Fargo city, ND | 6.16 |
| 17 | Aspen Hill CDP, MD | 6.10 |
| 18 | Euless city, TX | 5.78 |
| 18 | Rowlett city, TX | 5.78 |
| 18 | Federal Way city, WA | 5.78 |
| 19 | Bloomington city, MN | 5.76 |
| 20 | Worcester city, MA | 5.74 |
| 21 | Taunton city, MA | 5.68 |
| 22 | New Orleans city, LA | 5.67 |
| 23 | Eagan city, MN | 5.66 |
| 23 | Columbus city, OH | 5.66 |
| 24 | Arlington city, TX | 5.65 |
| 25 | St. Paul city, MN | 5.53 |
| 26 | Dale City CDP, VA | 5.51 |
| 27 | East Orange city, NJ | 5.44 |
| 28 | Columbia CDP, MD | 5.40 |
| 29 | Kent city, WA | 5.38 |
| 30 | Burnsville city, MN | 5.36 |
| 31 | Apple Valley city, MN | 5.18 |
| 32 | Kentwood city, MI | 5.09 |
| 32 | Rochester city, MN | 5.09 |
| 33 | Shoreline city, WA | 4.94 |
| 34 | Westland city, MI | 4.92 |
| 34 | Providence city, RI | 4.92 |
| 35 | Gaithersburg city, MD | 4.78 |
| 36 | Malden city, MA | 4.76 |
| 37 | Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 4.63 |
| 38 | Hawthorne city, CA | 4.60 |
| 39 | Blaine city, MN | 4.55 |
| 40 | Iowa City city, IA | 4.52 |
| 41 | Lowell city, MA | 4.45 |
| 42 | Paterson city, NJ | 4.33 |
| 43 | Eden Prairie city, MN | 4.26 |
| 44 | Baltimore city, MD | 4.21 |
| 45 | Lynn city, MA | 4.17 |
| 46 | Spring Valley CDP, NV | 4.13 |
| 47 | West Haven city, CT | 4.10 |
| 47 | Mount Vernon city, NY | 4.10 |
| 48 | Indianapolis city (balance), IN | 4.09 |
| 48 | North Bethesda CDP, MD | 4.09 |
| 49 | Waldorf CDP, MD | 4.07 |
| 49 | Boston city, MA | 4.07 |
| 50 | Aurora city, CO | 4.06 |
| 51 | West Palm Beach city, FL | 4.01 |
| 52 | Richardson city, TX | 4.00 |
| 53 | Columbia city, SC | 3.98 |
| 53 | Wylie city, TX | 3.98 |
| 54 | Maple Grove city, MN | 3.95 |
| 54 | Greensboro city, NC | 3.95 |
| 54 | Garland city, TX | 3.95 |
| 55 | Fairfield city, CA | 3.90 |
| 56 | Des Moines city, IA | 3.86 |
| 57 | Coon Rapids city, MN | 3.85 |
| 58 | Inglewood city, CA | 3.80 |
| 59 | Syracuse city, NY | 3.79 |
| 60 | Sioux Falls city, SD | 3.69 |
| 61 | Reston CDP, VA | 3.64 |
| 62 | Grand Prairie city, TX | 3.55 |
| 63 | Fall River city, MA | 3.48 |
| 63 | Charlotte city, NC | 3.48 |
| 64 | Manchester city, NH | 3.47 |
| 65 | North Little Rock city, AR | 3.43 |
| 66 | Stonecrest city, GA | 3.42 |
| 67 | Allen city, TX | 3.41 |
| 68 | Tyler city, TX | 3.30 |
| 69 | Castro Valley CDP, CA | 3.26 |
| 69 | Burien city, WA | 3.26 |
| 70 | Little Rock city, AR | 3.23 |
| 71 | Severn CDP, MD | 3.22 |
| 71 | Auburn city, WA | 3.22 |
| 72 | Lansing city, MI | 3.20 |
| 73 | Birmingham city, AL | 3.18 |
| 74 | New Haven city, CT | 3.13 |
| 74 | Cincinnati city, OH | 3.13 |
| 75 | South Fulton city, GA | 3.11 |
| 75 | Trenton city, NJ | 3.11 |
| 76 | Smyrna city, GA | 3.09 |
| 77 | Missouri City city, TX | 3.08 |
| 78 | Oakland city, CA | 3.06 |
| 79 | Youngstown city, OH | 3.04 |
| 80 | Everett city, WA | 3.01 |
| 81 | Frederick city, MD | 2.99 |
| 81 | Cambridge city, MA | 2.99 |
| 82 | Vacaville city, CA | 2.98 |
| 83 | Southfield city, MI | 2.97 |
| 84 | Buffalo city, NY | 2.94 |
| 85 | Irving city, TX | 2.91 |
| 85 | Portsmouth city, VA | 2.91 |
| 86 | Seattle city, WA | 2.89 |
| 87 | Bolingbrook village, IL | 2.87 |
| 88 | Carson city, CA | 2.84 |
| 89 | Shreveport city, LA | 2.82 |
| 90 | Raleigh city, NC | 2.81 |
| 91 | Lancaster city, PA | 2.80 |
| 92 | Towson CDP, MD | 2.77 |
| 93 | Toledo city, OH | 2.76 |
| 94 | Renton city, WA | 2.75 |
| 95 | Boynton Beach city, FL | 2.73 |
| 96 | Houston city, TX | 2.71 |
| 97 | Bel Air South CDP, MD | 2.68 |
| 98 | Warner Robins city, GA | 2.67 |
| 99 | Joliet city, IL | 2.65 |
| 99 | Dallas city, TX | 2.65 |
| 100 | Cedar Rapids city, IA | 2.64 |
| 100 | Quincy city, MA | 2.64 |
| 101 | Cranston city, RI | 2.62 |
| 102 | Durham city, NC | 2.59 |
| 103 | Grand Rapids city, MI | 2.57 |
| 103 | Lewisville city, TX | 2.57 |
| 103 | Arlington CDP, VA | 2.57 |
| 104 | Philadelphia city, PA | 2.53 |
| 105 | Rochester city, NY | 2.52 |
| 105 | Madison city, WI | 2.52 |
| 106 | Stockton city, CA | 2.51 |
| 106 | Dayton city, OH | 2.51 |
| 107 | Enterprise CDP, NV | 2.49 |
| 107 | Yonkers city, NY | 2.49 |
| 108 | Evanston city, IL | 2.48 |
| 109 | Waterloo city, IA | 2.47 |
| 110 | Tacoma city, WA | 2.45 |
| 111 | South Bend city, IN | 2.42 |
| 111 | Rockville city, MD | 2.42 |
| 112 | Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 2.41 |
| 112 | Kannapolis city, NC | 2.41 |
| 112 | Roanoke city, VA | 2.41 |
| 113 | Waltham city, MA | 2.40 |
| 113 | St. Louis city, MO | 2.40 |
| 114 | Denton city, TX | 2.38 |
| 115 | Gardena city, CA | 2.34 |
| 115 | Richmond city, VA | 2.34 |
| 116 | DeSoto city, TX | 2.32 |
| 117 | Marietta city, GA | 2.31 |
| 118 | New York city, NY | 2.30 |
| 118 | Millcreek city, UT | 2.30 |
| 119 | Framingham city, MA | 2.29 |
| 119 | Omaha city, NE | 2.29 |
| 120 | Plainfield city, NJ | 2.28 |
| 120 | Albany city, OR | 2.28 |
| 121 | Jersey City city, NJ | 2.27 |
| 122 | New Britain city, CT | 2.26 |
| 123 | Gastonia city, NC | 2.25 |
| 124 | High Point city, NC | 2.24 |
| 125 | Woodbury city, MN | 2.23 |
| 126 | Amarillo city, TX | 2.22 |
| 126 | Mansfield city, TX | 2.22 |
| 127 | Albany city, NY | 2.21 |
| 127 | Clarksville city, TN | 2.21 |
| 128 | Norfolk city, VA | 2.16 |
| 129 | New Rochelle city, NY | 2.15 |
| 129 | Huntersville town, NC | 2.15 |
| 130 | Bridgeport city, CT | 2.14 |
| 131 | Lakeville city, MN | 2.13 |
| 131 | Concord city, NC | 2.13 |
| 132 | Atlanta city, GA | 2.08 |
| 132 | Glen Burnie CDP, MD | 2.08 |
| 133 | East Hartford CDP, CT | 2.06 |
| 133 | Coconut Creek city, FL | 2.06 |
| 133 | Midland city, TX | 2.06 |
| 134 | Sandy Springs city, GA | 2.05 |
| 134 | Champaign city, IL | 2.05 |
| 134 | Weymouth Town city, MA | 2.05 |
| 135 | Bethesda CDP, MD | 2.04 |
| 135 | Chapel Hill town, NC | 2.04 |
| 135 | Akron city, OH | 2.04 |
| 136 | Centreville CDP, VA | 2.03 |
| 137 | Hampton city, VA | 2.02 |
| 138 | Montgomery city, AL | 2.01 |
| 138 | Mesquite city, TX | 2.01 |
| 139 | Fort Worth city, TX | 2.00 |
| 140 | North Charleston city, SC | 1.98 |
| 140 | Killeen city, TX | 1.98 |
| 141 | Alameda city, CA | 1.96 |
| 141 | Roswell city, GA | 1.96 |
| 141 | Taylor city, MI | 1.96 |
| 141 | Utica city, NY | 1.96 |
| 142 | Ellicott City CDP, MD | 1.95 |
| 142 | Elizabeth city, NJ | 1.95 |
| 143 | Skokie village, IL | 1.94 |
| 144 | Johns Creek city, GA | 1.93 |
| 145 | Ocala city, FL | 1.91 |
| 145 | Lenexa city, KS | 1.91 |
| 145 | Erie city, PA | 1.91 |
| 146 | San Leandro city, CA | 1.90 |
| 147 | Denver city, CO | 1.89 |
| 147 | Hartford city, CT | 1.89 |