Ranking of Virginia Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on September 3, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Virginia counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K voting-age population in Virginia, East Highland Park CDP had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (82.86%), followed by Petersburg city (72.57%), and Highland Springs CDP (66.74%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in Virginia, and the table below shows the ranking of all Virginia cities and places with over 10K voting-age population, based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Virginia.

Ranking of Virginia Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
East Highland Park
Petersburg
Highland Springs
Portsmouth
Danville
Hampton
Cherry Hill
Martinsville
Suffolk
Meadowbrook
Ranking of Virginia Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Voting-age Population
1 East Highland Park CDP 82.86
2 Petersburg city 72.57
3 Highland Springs CDP 66.74
4 Portsmouth city 50.87
5 Danville city 48.67
6 Hampton city 48.00
7 Cherry Hill CDP 47.68
8 Martinsville city 43.80
9 Suffolk city 40.98
10 Meadowbrook CDP 40.22
11 Newport News city 40.07
12 Leesylvania CDP 40.01
13 Hopewell city 39.63
14 Williamsburg city 38.03
15 Richmond city 37.97
16 Norfolk city 37.96
17 Lorton CDP 30.80
18 Woodlawn CDP 30.71
19 Chesapeake city 28.62
20 Hybla Valley CDP 28.55
21 Laurel CDP 27.24
22 Roanoke city 25.46
23 Lynchburg city 24.84
24 Glen Allen CDP 24.73
25 Dale City CDP 24.49
26 Chester CDP 22.72
27 Woodbridge CDP 21.94
28 Montclair CDP 21.44
29 Lake Ridge CDP 20.90
30 Lincolnia CDP 20.22
31 Fredericksburg city 20.21
32 Franconia CDP 19.93
33 Kingstowne CDP 19.75
34 Alexandria city 19.41
35 Groveton CDP 19.32
36 Bull Run CDP 19.03
37 Culpeper town 17.87
38 Virginia Beach city 17.66
39 McNair CDP 16.44
40 Newington CDP 16.16
41 Bailey's Crossroads CDP 16.14
42 Huntington CDP 15.78
43 Colonial Heights city 14.10
44 Charlottesville city 13.95
45 Radford city 13.69
46 Manassas Park city 12.84
47 Gainesville CDP 12.63
48 Linton Hall CDP 12.13
49 Manassas city 12.02
50 Rose Hill CDP 11.82
51 Bon Air CDP 11.78
52 Sudley CDP 11.42
53 Brandermill CDP 11.40
54 Waynesboro city 11.35
55 Staunton city 11.28
56 Stone Ridge CDP 10.95
57 Hollins CDP 10.41
58 Fair Oaks CDP 10.40
59 Buckhall CDP 10.17
60 Winchester city 10.02
61 Timberlake CDP 9.64
62 Tuckahoe CDP 9.43
63 Springfield CDP 9.35
64 West Springfield CDP 8.85
65 Mechanicsville CDP 8.69
66 Annandale CDP 8.66
67 Arlington CDP 8.53
68 Reston CDP 8.51
69 Leesburg town 8.41
70 Herndon town 8.34
70 Midlothian CDP 8.34
71 Brambleton CDP 8.12
72 Front Royal town 7.80
73 Short Pump CDP 7.54
74 Ashburn CDP 7.52
75 Centreville CDP 7.49
76 Sterling CDP 7.25
77 South Riding CDP 7.23
78 Harrisonburg city 7.02
79 Salem city 6.93
80 Burke CDP 6.90
81 Merrifield CDP 6.41
82 Tysons CDP 6.20
83 Burke Centre CDP 6.07
84 Christiansburg town 5.92
85 Chantilly CDP 5.84
86 Bristol city 5.50
86 Oakton CDP 5.50
87 Idylwood CDP 5.25
88 Cave Spring CDP 5.12
89 Kings Park West CDP 4.87
90 West Falls Church CDP 4.40
91 Fairfax city 4.38
92 Blacksburg town 4.31
93 Falls Church city 3.94
94 Franklin Farm CDP 3.16
95 Vienna town 2.69
96 Fort Hunt CDP 2.25
97 McLean CDP 2.08
98 Wolf Trap CDP 1.88
99 Great Falls CDP 1.86