Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 5, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the California Black or African American Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 27.75%. Among all California cities and places with a population of 10K or higher, Half Moon Bay city had the highest percentage of its Black or African American Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (100.00%), followed by Soquel CDP (100.00%), and Walnut Park CDP (100.00%).

The chart below shows the top 10 California cities and places (with a population of 10K+), and the table below shows the ranking of all California cities and places (with a population of 10K+).

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Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
Half Moon Bay city
Soquel CDP
Walnut Park CDP
Palos Verdes Estates city
Big Bear City CDP
Clayton city
Saratoga city
Shasta Lake city
Coto de Caza CDP
Los Altos city
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
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Rank City of Place Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Half Moon Bay city 100.00
1 Soquel CDP 100.00
1 Walnut Park CDP 100.00
2 Palos Verdes Estates city 99.19
3 Big Bear City CDP 93.52
4 Clayton city 87.39
5 Saratoga city 82.61
6 Shasta Lake city 82.14
7 Coto de Caza CDP 80.33
8 Los Altos city 79.33
9 Danville town 79.15
10 Laguna Beach city 78.26
11 South Pasadena city 77.10
12 El Segundo city 75.93
13 Palo Alto city 75.11
14 Calabasas city 72.81
15 University of California-Santa Barbara CDP 72.73
16 Granite Bay CDP 72.52
17 Hermosa Beach city 72.22
18 Los Gatos town 70.69
19 Malibu city 69.57
20 Sonoma city 69.48
21 Avocado Heights CDP 67.02
22 Foster City city 66.94
23 Anderson city 66.67
23 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 66.67
24 Carpinteria city 66.07
25 Redondo Beach city 65.52
26 Moorpark city 65.29
27 King City city 65.22
28 Sanger city 65.08
29 Del Aire CDP 64.53
30 Rancho Santa Margarita city 63.81
31 McKinleyville CDP 62.69
32 Mountain House CDP 62.50
33 Yorba Linda city 62.38
34 Rancho Palos Verdes city 61.06
35 Morgan Hill city 60.63
36 Laguna Niguel city 60.33
37 Discovery Bay CDP 59.22
38 Fountain Valley city 59.14
39 Beverly Hills city 59.07
40 Larkspur city 59.04
41 Walnut Creek city 58.58
42 San Mateo city 58.54
43 View Park-Windsor Hills CDP 58.36
44 Oak Park CDP 58.14
45 Solana Beach city 58.07
46 Agoura Hills city 57.58
47 Chino Hills city 57.46
48 Mountain View city 56.69
49 Grand Terrace city 56.64
50 South Whittier CDP 56.27
51 North Tustin CDP 56.19
52 San Ramon city 56.02
53 Glendale city 55.96
54 Turlock city 55.82
55 Coronado city 55.52
56 Newport Beach city 54.91
57 Pleasanton city 54.86
58 Millbrae city 54.76
59 Sunnyvale city 52.94
60 Fillmore city 52.58
61 Grover Beach city 52.28
62 Imperial city 52.27
63 Lincoln city 52.18
64 Kerman city 52.00
65 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 51.90
66 El Cerrito city 51.23
67 Ladera Ranch CDP 51.11
68 West Hollywood city 50.98
69 Burbank city 50.72
70 Emeryville city 50.05
71 Orinda city 49.38
72 Dana Point city 49.18
73 Santa Monica city 49.01
74 Monterey Park city 48.68
75 Roseville city 48.66
76 Brentwood city 48.60
77 Encinitas city 48.45
78 Irvine city 48.32
79 Quartz Hill CDP 48.00
80 Hercules city 47.92
81 Mission Viejo city 47.82
82 Dublin city 47.47
83 La Habra city 47.44
84 Benicia city 47.43
85 Temescal Valley CDP 47.34
86 Vincent CDP 47.28
87 Eastvale city 47.21
88 La Cañada Flintridge city 46.99
89 Culver City city 46.80
90 San Luis Obispo city 46.77
91 Walnut city 46.51
92 La Mirada city 46.46
93 Kingsburg city 46.43
94 Windsor town 46.32
95 La Palma city 46.19
96 Arcadia city 46.12
97 Azusa city 46.01
98 Loma Linda city 45.99
99 Morro Bay city 45.83
100 Stevenson Ranch CDP 45.78
101 Cupertino city 45.67
102 Temple City city 45.63
103 Blackhawk CDP 45.47
104 Thousand Oaks city 45.24
105 San Carlos city 45.03
106 Greenfield city 45.00
107 Davis city 44.91
108 Fairview CDP 44.58
109 American Canyon city 44.06
110 Isla Vista CDP 44.00
111 Albany city 43.98
112 Aliso Viejo city 43.21
113 Cerritos city 42.99
114 Placentia city 42.88
115 Gilroy city 42.45
116 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 42.27
117 Pacifica city 42.16
118 Redwood City city 42.03
119 Redlands city 41.76
120 Cypress city 41.69
121 San Clemente city 41.68
122 Moraga town 41.67
123 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) 41.51
124 Santa Paula city 41.48
125 Lomita city 41.27
126 Camarillo city 41.23
127 Martinez city 41.19
128 Huntington Beach city 41.14
129 Alhambra city 41.03
130 Pasadena city 40.85
131 Claremont city 40.72
132 Santa Fe Springs city 40.61
133 Rancho San Diego CDP 40.59
134 North Fair Oaks CDP 40.34
135 Manhattan Beach city 40.17
136 Cameron Park CDP 40.00
137 Alameda city 39.84
138 Castro Valley CDP 39.82
139 Alamo CDP 39.73
140 Monterey city 39.52
141 Hillsborough town 39.29
142 Rancho Cucamonga city 39.28
143 Burlingame city 39.00
144 Orangevale CDP 38.81
145 Pleasant Hill city 38.78
146 Corona city 38.76
147 Brea city 38.60
148 San Jose city 38.33
149 Simi Valley city 38.30
150 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 38.18
151 Ukiah city 38.00
152 Castaic CDP 37.90
153 Patterson city 37.71
154 East Los Angeles CDP 37.57
155 Signal Hill city 37.55
156 Duarte city 37.37
157 Temecula city 37.33
158 La Verne city 36.99
159 West Carson CDP 36.88
160 Rohnert Park city 36.74
161 Fair Oaks CDP 36.50
162 Home Gardens CDP 36.48
163 Santa Maria city 36.47
164 Petaluma city 36.46
165 Seal Beach city 36.39
166 Oakley city 36.26
167 French Valley CDP 36.20
168 Livermore city 36.17
169 Artesia city 36.07
170 Fullerton city 35.83
171 Stanford CDP 35.82
172 Goleta city 35.76
173 Napa city 35.58
174 San Marcos city 35.56
175 San Fernando city 35.52
176 San Gabriel city 35.48
177 Yucca Valley town 35.39
178 Bonita CDP 35.35
179 Vineyard CDP 35.04
180 Pinole city 34.95
181 Glendora city 34.87
182 San Leandro city 34.79
183 Hawaiian Gardens city 34.73
184 Elk Grove city 34.67
185 Clovis city 34.65
186 Carson city 34.57
187 Concord city 34.56
188 Costa Mesa city 34.48
189 Santa Clarita city 34.47
190 Santa Ana city 34.35
191 Monrovia city 34.32
191 Palm Springs city 34.32
192 San Lorenzo CDP 34.30
193 San Dimas city 34.26
194 Alum Rock CDP 34.25
195 El Dorado Hills CDP 34.20
196 Altadena CDP 33.99
197 Diamond Bar city 33.91
198 Carlsbad city 33.88
199 Atascadero city 33.76
200 Bell Gardens city 33.75
201 Fremont city 33.56
202 Porterville city 33.13
203 Chico city 33.03
204 Santa Clara city 32.90
205 Torrance city 32.89
206 Lake Elsinore city 32.86
207 Hollister city 32.50
208 Santa Cruz city 32.49
209 Oceanside city 32.32
210 Rosedale CDP 32.23
211 Valley Center CDP 31.93
212 Hacienda Heights CDP 31.67
213 Lathrop city 31.60
214 Lodi city 31.58
214 Rowland Heights CDP 31.58
215 Menlo Park city 31.51
216 San Francisco city 31.48
217 Covina city 31.45
218 Lakewood city 31.22
219 Rocklin city 31.17
220 Huntington Park city 31.10
221 El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) 31.08
222 Rosemont CDP 31.00
223 Yucaipa city 30.88
224 Upland city 30.64
225 Oakland city 30.63
226 Corte Madera town 30.49
227 Reedley city 30.46
228 Union City city 30.34
229 Milpitas city 30.18
230 Lakeland Village CDP 30.10
231 Laguna Hills city 29.65
231 Newark city 29.65
232 East San Gabriel CDP 29.58
233 West Covina city 29.55
234 Lemoore city 29.50
235 Fallbrook CDP 29.49
235 Murrieta city 29.49
236 Downey city 29.46
237 Los Angeles city 29.34
238 Beaumont city 29.14
239 Oxnard city 29.13
240 Fontana city 29.01
241 Pico Rivera city 28.97
242 Berkeley city 28.88
243 Rio Linda CDP 28.80
244 Inglewood city 28.79
245 Westminster city 28.63
246 Hayward city 28.48
247 El Cajon city 28.39
248 Ridgecrest city 28.35
249 San Diego city 28.34
250 Montclair city 28.21
251 Linda CDP 28.20
252 Cathedral City city 28.18
253 Anaheim city 28.09
254 La Quinta city 28.00
255 Seaside city 27.93
256 Fairfield city 27.83
257 Los Alamitos city 27.80
258 Bloomington CDP 27.69
259 Los Osos CDP 27.66
260 Lawndale city 27.58
261 Wildomar city 27.55
262 Madera city 27.48
263 Santa Rosa city 27.39
264 Prunedale CDP 27.32
265 Rancho Mirage city 27.24
266 Belmont city 27.20
267 Novato city 27.19
268 Vista city 27.15
269 Riverside city 27.02
270 Citrus CDP 26.98
271 Stanton city 26.95
272 Chula Vista city 26.87
273 Norwalk city 26.85
274 Santa Barbara city 26.83
275 Alpine CDP 26.81
275 Lemon Grove city 26.81
276 Menifee city 26.78
277 Sierra Madre city 26.77
278 Escondido city 26.52
279 East Palo Alto city 26.51
280 Valinda CDP 26.28
281 Coalinga city 26.20
282 Visalia city 26.10
283 Poway city 26.00
284 South Gate city 25.85
285 Redding city 25.80
286 Tustin city 25.69
287 Moreno Valley city 25.68
288 Orange city 25.57
289 West Sacramento city 25.35
290 Gardena city 25.26
291 Baldwin Park city 25.14
292 Antelope CDP 25.13
293 Long Beach city 25.10
294 La Presa CDP 25.01
295 Woodcrest CDP 25.00
296 Spring Valley CDP (San Diego County) 24.97
297 Daly City city 24.91
297 Richmond city 24.91
298 Bay Point CDP 24.85
299 Sacramento city 24.75
300 Citrus Heights city 24.73
301 Tracy city 24.38
302 Cudahy city 24.22
303 Palm Desert city 24.16
304 Laguna Woods city 24.14
305 Highland city 24.12
306 Campbell city 24.04
307 Chino city 23.90
308 Desert Hot Springs city 23.89
309 Garden Grove city 23.87
310 Rossmoor CDP 23.76
311 Pittsburg city 23.73
312 Suisun City city 23.69
313 Dixon city 23.31
314 Hawthorne city 23.19
315 Bellflower city 23.01
316 Atwater city 22.77
316 Yuba City city 22.77
317 San Juan Capistrano city 22.68
318 South San Francisco city 22.62
319 Port Hueneme city 22.41
320 Arden-Arcade CDP 22.32
321 La Mesa city 22.26
322 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 22.25
323 Ontario city 22.11
324 San Bruno city 22.06
325 Paramount city 22.01
326 Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) 21.93
327 Montebello city 21.80
328 Antioch city 21.71
329 Cherryland CDP 21.58
330 Vallejo city 21.57
331 La Riviera CDP 21.55
332 San Jacinto city 21.47
333 Pomona city 21.33
334 Palmdale city 21.29
335 Bell city 21.24
336 West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP 21.21
337 Marina city 20.95
338 Merced city 20.94
339 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 20.92
340 Colton city 20.62
341 Bakersfield city 20.44
342 Lompoc city 20.04
343 Canyon Lake city 20.00
344 Woodland city 19.80
345 Lake Forest city 19.71
346 Santee city 19.66
347 Jurupa Valley city 19.59
348 Carmichael CDP 19.44
348 Whittier city 19.44
349 Oildale CDP 19.23
350 National City city 19.20
351 San Pablo city 19.03
352 Folsom city 18.82
353 Lancaster city 18.64
354 Hemet city 18.47
355 Lafayette city 18.39
356 Buena Park city 18.37
357 North Highlands CDP 18.22
358 Foothill Farms CDP 18.15
359 Salinas city 17.99
360 Pacific Grove city 17.86
361 Fresno city 17.83
362 Ceres city 17.76
363 Stockton city 17.60
364 Rancho Cordova city 17.45
365 Bostonia CDP 17.15
366 Hesperia city 17.08
367 Lynwood city 17.03
368 Hanford city 16.93
369 Winter Gardens CDP 16.58
370 Arcata city 16.33
371 Mill Valley city 16.28
371 Rialto city 16.28
372 Compton city 16.21
373 Camp Pendleton South CDP 16.12
373 Modesto city 16.12
374 East Niles CDP 16.03
375 Perris city 15.95
376 West Puente Valley CDP 15.73
377 Parkway CDP 15.52
378 South San Jose Hills CDP 15.34
379 Coachella city 15.27
379 Ripon city 15.27
380 Nipomo CDP 15.23
381 Vacaville city 14.96
382 Westmont CDP 14.85
383 Olivehurst CDP 14.81
384 Live Oak CDP 14.71
385 Manteca city 14.49
386 Lennox CDP 14.48
387 Twentynine Palms city 14.26
388 Rosamond CDP 14.17
389 Orcutt CDP 14.07
390 Auburn city 14.04
391 Willowbrook CDP 13.90
392 Victorville city 13.89
393 Indio city 13.59
394 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 13.42
395 Apple Valley town 13.33
396 Red Bluff city 13.02
397 Ashland CDP 12.84
398 Barstow city 12.78
399 La Puente city 12.71
400 San Bernardino city 12.70
401 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 12.56
402 San Rafael city 12.43
403 Tulare city 12.17
404 Maywood city 11.77
405 Mead Valley CDP 11.52
406 Eureka city 11.40
407 Valle Vista CDP 11.21
408 Florence-Graham CDP 10.72
409 Selma city 10.67
410 Placerville city 10.64
411 Watsonville city 10.47
412 Banning city 10.43
413 Calimesa city 10.32
414 Galt city 10.30
415 Lemon Hill CDP 10.12
416 Norco city 10.03
417 Sun Village CDP 9.20
418 East Bakersfield CDP 8.55
419 Florin CDP 8.37
420 East Hemet CDP 8.18
421 Los Banos city 8.15
422 Hillcrest CDP 8.11
423 Ramona CDP 7.91
424 California City city 7.73
425 Arvin city 7.23
426 Lake Los Angeles CDP 6.99
427 Salida CDP 6.74
428 Adelanto city 6.31
429 Riverbank city 6.08
430 Blythe city 5.84
431 Rosemead city 5.03
432 Tehachapi city 4.77
433 El Monte city 4.63
434 Imperial Beach city 4.03
435 Soledad city 2.97
436 Dinuba city 2.94
437 Avenal city 2.79
438 Delano city 2.63
438 Phelan CDP 2.63
439 El Centro city 2.61
440 Brawley city 2.56
441 Susanville city 2.23
442 South Lake Tahoe city 2.17
443 Oakdale city 2.00
444 Corcoran city 1.57
445 Oroville city 1.52
446 Chowchilla city 0.95
447 Arroyo Grande city 0.00
447 Calexico city 0.00
447 Capitola city 0.00
447 Clearlake city 0.00
447 Commerce city 0.00
447 Diamond Springs CDP 0.00
447 Exeter city 0.00
447 Farmersville city 0.00
447 Fortuna city 0.00
447 Garden Acres CDP 0.00
447 Golden Hills CDP 0.00
447 Grass Valley city 0.00
447 Lamont CDP 0.00
447 Lindsay city 0.00
447 McFarland city 0.00
447 Madera Acres CDP 0.00
447 Marysville city 0.00
447 Mendota city 0.00
447 Muscoy CDP 0.00
447 Newman city 0.00
447 North Auburn CDP 0.00
447 Parlier city 0.00
447 Piedmont city 0.00
447 Potomac Park CDP 0.00
447 San Anselmo town 0.00
447 San Diego Country Estates CDP 0.00
447 San Marino city 0.00
447 Scotts Valley city 0.00
447 Shafter city 0.00
447 South El Monte city 0.00
447 Wasco city 0.00
447 Winton CDP 0.00