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
39.85K
Dover
17.18K
Bear
8.97K
Middle
7.28K
Smyrna
4.62K
Newark
4.61K
Glasgow
4.31K
Claymont
2.91K
Brookside
2.89K
Seaford
2.84K
Ranking of Delaware Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank
City or Place
Black Alone Population
1 Wilmington city 39,854
2 Dover city 17,179
3 Bear CDP 8,969
4 Middletown town 7,278
5 Smyrna town 4,624
6 Newark city 4,609
7 Glasgow CDP 4,309
8 Claymont CDP 2,905
9 Brookside CDP 2,887
10 Seaford city 2,844
11 Edgemoor CDP 2,654
12 Milford city 2,637
13 Wilmington Manor CDP 1,854
14 Laurel town 1,657
15 New Castle city 1,569
16 Pike Creek Valley CDP 1,259
17 Clayton town 1,211
18 Elsmere town 1,185
19 Millsboro town 1,038
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
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