Ranking of Delaware Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on July 6, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all of Delaware's cities and places (towns and villages), Wilmington city had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (39.85K), followed by Dover city (17.18K), and Bear CDP (8.97K).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places, and the table below shows the ranking of all of Delaware cities and places based on Black or African American Alone population.

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

Ranking of Delaware Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Wilmington
Dover
Bear
Middle
Smyrna
Newark
Glasgow
Claymont
Brookside
Seaford
Ranking of Delaware Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place Black Alone Population
1 Wilmington city 39854
2 Dover city 17179
3 Bear CDP 8969
4 Middletown town 7278
5 Smyrna town 4624
6 Newark city 4609
7 Glasgow CDP 4309
8 Claymont CDP 2905
9 Brookside CDP 2887
10 Seaford city 2844
11 Edgemoor CDP 2654
12 Milford city 2637
13 Wilmington Manor CDP 1854
14 Laurel town 1657
15 New Castle city 1569
16 Pike Creek Valley CDP 1259
17 Clayton town 1211
18 Elsmere town 1185
19 Millsboro town 1038
20 Rising Sun-Lebanon CDP 985
21 Harrington city 968
22 Georgetown town 955
23 Camden town 919
24 Townsend town 878
25 Rodney Village CDP 767
26 Woodside East CDP 736
27 Cheswold town 714
28 Highland Acres CDP 590
29 St. Georges CDP 573
30 Kent Acres CDP 537
31 Delmar town 525
32 Dover Base Housing CDP 454
33 Bridgeville town 452
34 Hockessin CDP 423
35 Pike Creek CDP 384
36 Wyoming town 340
37 Felton town 328
38 Milton town 326
39 Blades town 318
40 Lincoln CDP 301
41 Riverview CDP 295
42 North Star CDP 251
43 Frederica town 243
44 Delaware City city 210
45 Greenwood town 187
45 Selbyville town 187
46 Frankford town 178
47 Lewes city 162
48 Ellendale town 140
49 Newport town 138
50 Greenville CDP 104
51 Long Neck CDP 95
52 Dagsboro town 89
53 Bellefonte town 58
54 Magnolia town 53
55 Odessa town 39
56 Millville town 25
57 Houston town 23
58 Kenton town 20
59 Ocean View town 19
60 Woodside town 17
61 Farmington town 15
62 Bowers town 12
63 Arden village 11
64 Bethel town 10
65 Rehoboth Beach city 8
66 Fenwick Island town 6
66 Hartly town 6
66 Leipsic town 6
67 Viola town 5
68 Ardencroft village 3
68 Bethany Beach town 3
68 Port Penn CDP 3
69 Little Creek town 2
70 Ardentown village 1
70 Slaughter Beach town 1
71 Dewey Beach town 0
71 Henlopen Acres town 0
71 South Bethany town 0