Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for California counties, in April 2020, among all of California's cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, Westmont CDP had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (43.87%), followed by West Rancho Dominguez CDP (43.62%), and Inglewood city (40.72%).

The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of California cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of cities and places for other racial groups, in California.

Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Westmont
West Rancho Dominguez
Inglewood
Compton
Hawthorne
Carson
California City
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Oakland
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Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place Percent of City Voting-age Population
1 Westmont CDP 43.87
2 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 43.62
3 Inglewood city 40.72
4 Compton city 28.91
5 Hawthorne city 24.58
6 Carson city 23.10
7 California City city 22.17
8 Gardena city 21.83
9 Oakland city 21.65
10 Lancaster city 20.43
11 Richmond city 19.96
12 Antioch city 19.93
12 Willowbrook CDP 19.93
13 Vallejo city 19.73
14 Suisun City city 18.99
15 Adelanto city 18.63
16 Altadena CDP 18.42
17 Victorville city 17.44
18 Barstow city 17.24
19 Pittsburg city 16.99
20 Parkway CDP 16.48
21 Ashland CDP 16.41
22 Hercules city 16.40
23 Moreno Valley city 16.14
24 Corcoran city 15.42
25 Fairfield city 15.28
26 Emeryville city 14.49
27 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 13.76
28 Florin CDP 13.41
29 Bellflower city 13.35
30 Palmdale city 13.27
31 Susanville city 13.19
32 San Pablo city 13.13
33 Sacramento city 12.75
33 San Bernardino city 12.75
34 Rialto city 12.60
35 East Palo Alto city 12.58
36 Stockton city 12.56
37 Long Beach city 12.34
38 Blythe city 12.19
39 Twentynine Palms city 12.00
40 Lemon Grove city 11.90
41 La Presa CDP 11.60
42 Chowchilla city 11.56
43 El Sobrante CDP 11.49
43 Rosemont CDP 11.49
44 Foothill Farms CDP 11.24
45 San Leandro city 11.06
46 Pinole city 10.76
47 Perris city 10.67
48 North Highlands CDP 10.46
49 Vacaville city 10.41
50 Spring Valley CDP 10.40
51 Soledad city 10.39
52 Elk Grove city 10.25
53 Vineyard CDP 10.22
54 Rosamond CDP 10.15
55 West Carson CDP 10.14
56 Paramount city 10.00
57 Bay Point CDP 9.67
58 Loma Linda city 9.51
59 Tehachapi city 9.40
60 Fontana city 9.39
60 Rancho Cucamonga city 9.39
61 Eastvale city 9.37
62 Highland city 9.29
63 Rancho Cordova city 9.28
64 Hayward city 9.24
65 Arden-Arcade CDP 9.14
66 Lynwood city 9.13
67 Hemet city 9.05
68 Cherryland CDP 8.94
69 Colton city 8.79
69 Los Angeles city 8.79
70 San Jacinto city 8.57
71 Lawndale city 8.45
72 Antelope CDP 8.41
72 Apple Valley town 8.41
72 Beaumont city 8.41
73 French Valley CDP 8.30
74 Lakewood city 8.27
75 Pasadena city 8.23
76 Oakley city 8.15
77 Culver City city 8.09
78 Temescal Valley CDP 8.01
79 Mountain House CDP 7.85
80 Florence-Graham CDP 7.82
81 Lathrop city 7.78
82 Berkeley city 7.74
83 Desert Hot Springs city 7.55
84 El Sobrante CDP 7.49
85 Patterson city 7.38
86 Banning city 7.33
87 Fresno city 7.29
88 Wasco city 7.14
89 Norco city 7.07
90 American Canyon city 7.00
90 Delano city 7.00
91 Menifee city 6.93
92 Lake Elsinore city 6.87
93 Bakersfield city 6.81
94 Brentwood city 6.74
94 La Mesa city 6.74
95 Grand Terrace city 6.73
96 Tracy city 6.64
97 Riverside city 6.61
98 Seaside city 6.57
99 Cerritos city 6.56
100 Bostonia CDP 6.54
101 El Cajon city 6.50
102 Ontario city 6.44
103 Lemoore city 6.43
103 Marina city 6.43
104 Upland city 6.39
105 Chino city 6.31
106 Castro Valley CDP 6.29
107 Pomona city 6.11
108 Murrieta city 6.03
109 Alameda city 5.96
110 San Diego city 5.80
111 Corona city 5.77
112 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 5.73
113 El Cerrito city 5.72
114 Monrovia city 5.68
115 Duarte city 5.67
116 East Hemet CDP 5.58
117 Hesperia city 5.54
118 Merced city 5.39
119 Mead Valley CDP 5.36
120 Woodcrest CDP 5.33
121 San Francisco city 5.30
122 Stanford CDP 5.21
123 Claremont city 5.11
124 Chula Vista city 5.10
125 Carmichael CDP 5.07
125 Lompoc city 5.07
126 West Sacramento city 5.06
127 Folsom city 5.05
128 Lomita city 5.04
129 La Palma city 5.02
130 San Lorenzo CDP 5.00
131 Benicia city 4.92
132 Temecula city 4.85
133 Linda CDP 4.70
134 Redlands city 4.66
135 Hanford city 4.63
136 Manteca city 4.61
137 Marina del Rey CDP 4.59
138 Ridgecrest city 4.58
139 Valle Vista CDP 4.57
140 Montclair city 4.53
141 Discovery Bay CDP 4.47
141 Union City city 4.47
142 Coalinga city 4.46
143 Chino Hills city 4.42
144 Stevenson Ranch CDP 4.29
145 Santa Clarita city 4.22
146 Norwalk city 4.18
146 Oceanside city 4.18
147 Dublin city 4.17
148 National City city 4.15
149 Modesto city 4.11
150 Lennox CDP 4.07
151 Port Hueneme city 4.06
152 Artesia city 4.00
153 Covina city 3.94
154 Santa Monica city 3.93
154 Wildomar city 3.93
155 Hawaiian Gardens city 3.90
156 Concord city 3.88
157 Jurupa Valley city 3.86
157 West Hollywood city 3.86
158 Albany city 3.84
159 Atwater city 3.83
159 Martinez city 3.83
159 Palm Springs city 3.83
159 West Covina city 3.83
160 Downey city 3.81
161 Citrus Heights city 3.75
162 Imperial Beach city 3.73
163 Clearlake city 3.69
164 Oroville city 3.67
165 San Dimas city 3.66
166 Olivehurst CDP 3.63
167 Azusa city 3.59
168 Coronado city 3.54
168 Santa Fe Springs city 3.54
169 Bonita CDP 3.49
169 Menlo Park city 3.49
170 Castaic CDP 3.47
171 Diamond Bar city 3.44
172 Rancho San Diego CDP 3.41
173 Yucca Valley town 3.38
174 Newark city 3.36
175 Torrance city 3.33
176 Monterey city 3.24
176 Redondo Beach city 3.24
177 La Verne city 3.18
178 Tulare city 3.17
179 Buena Park city 3.14
180 Cypress city 3.13
180 Dixon city 3.13
181 San Jose city 2.95
182 Madera city 2.92
183 Vista city 2.91
184 Arcata city 2.87
184 Burbank city 2.87
185 Salida CDP 2.82
185 Santa Cruz city 2.82
186 Clovis city 2.76
187 South Pasadena city 2.75
188 Pleasant Hill city 2.74
189 Anaheim city 2.73
189 San Ramon city 2.73
190 Los Banos city 2.69
191 Walnut city 2.65
192 Novato city 2.64
193 Bloomington CDP 2.62
193 Oxnard city 2.62
194 Roseville city 2.59
195 Rancho Palos Verdes city 2.56
196 Escondido city 2.53
197 East Niles CDP 2.50
198 Cathedral City city 2.48
199 Daly City city 2.47
200 Fremont city 2.45
201 San Marcos city 2.44
202 Indio city 2.43
203 Campbell city 2.42
203 Yuba City city 2.42
204 El Segundo city 2.41
205 Rio Linda CDP 2.40
206 Gilroy city 2.36
207 Davis city 2.35
207 Fullerton city 2.35
208 Santee city 2.34
209 Winter Gardens CDP 2.33
210 Irvine city 2.31
210 Morgan Hill city 2.31
210 Santa Rosa city 2.31
211 Calabasas city 2.28
212 Fair Oaks CDP 2.27
212 Glendora city 2.27
213 Tustin city 2.26
214 La Mirada city 2.24
215 Santa Clara city 2.23
216 Camarillo city 2.22
217 Milpitas city 2.21
217 Rohnert Park city 2.21
218 Oildale CDP 2.19
219 Beverly Hills city 2.18
220 Walnut Creek city 2.17
221 Aliso Viejo city 2.16
222 Isla Vista CDP 2.14
223 Ceres city 2.12
223 Riverbank city 2.12
224 Shafter city 2.11
225 South San Francisco city 2.09
226 El Centro city 2.06
227 Galt city 2.05
227 Placentia city 2.05
227 Visalia city 2.05
228 Eureka city 2.04
228 Imperial city 2.04
229 Turlock city 2.03
230 Stanton city 2.02
231 Pacifica city 2.01
232 Lakeside CDP 2.00
232 Livermore city 2.00
233 Chico city 1.96
234 Redwood City city 1.95
235 La Habra city 1.90
235 Rocklin city 1.90
236 Palm Desert city 1.89
237 Rosedale CDP 1.88
237 San Bruno city 1.88
237 San Rafael city 1.88
238 Glendale city 1.87
239 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 1.86
239 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 1.86
240 Orange city 1.85
240 Palo Alto city 1.85
240 Woodland city 1.85
241 Alhambra city 1.83
242 Brea city 1.81
242 San Mateo city 1.81
243 Moorpark city 1.80
243 Rancho Mirage city 1.80
244 Rancho Santa Margarita city 1.79
245 La Quinta city 1.78
246 Pleasanton city 1.77
247 Lincoln city 1.73
247 West Puente Valley CDP 1.73
248 Alpine CDP 1.72
249 Foster City city 1.71
250 Phelan CDP 1.70
251 Lake Forest city 1.69
252 Fallbrook CDP 1.65
252 Goleta city 1.65
252 Simi Valley city 1.65
253 Mountain View city 1.64
254 Arcadia city 1.63
255 Salinas city 1.58
256 Valinda CDP 1.56
256 Vincent CDP 1.56
257 Larkspur city 1.55
258 Brawley city 1.52
258 El Dorado Hills CDP 1.52
259 Orangevale CDP 1.50
259 Seal Beach city 1.50
259 Yucaipa city 1.50
260 Poway city 1.48
260 Redding city 1.48
260 Santa Barbara city 1.48
260 Sunnyvale city 1.48
261 Petaluma city 1.47
262 Palos Verdes Estates city 1.46
262 South Whittier CDP 1.46
262 Thousand Oaks city 1.46
263 Grover Beach city 1.45
263 Rowland Heights CDP 1.45
264 Belmont city 1.44
264 Laguna Hills city 1.44
265 Atascadero city 1.43
266 Whittier city 1.41
267 North Fair Oaks CDP 1.40
267 San Fernando city 1.40
268 Coto de Caza CDP 1.38
269 Costa Mesa city 1.36
270 Agoura Hills city 1.35
271 Mission Viejo city 1.34
271 Moraga town 1.34
272 Live Oak CDP 1.32
273 Laguna Niguel city 1.30
273 Santa Maria city 1.30
274 Lodi city 1.28
275 La Puente city 1.27
275 Yorba Linda city 1.27
276 Oak Park CDP 1.26
277 East San Gabriel CDP 1.21
278 Ripon city 1.20
279 Ladera Ranch CDP 1.19
279 Orcutt CDP 1.19
280 Huntington Beach city 1.18
280 Santa Ana city 1.18
281 Pacific Grove city 1.17
282 Carlsbad city 1.16
283 San Luis Obispo city 1.15
284 South Gate city 1.14
285 Hacienda Heights CDP 1.13
286 Ukiah city 1.09
287 Hermosa Beach city 1.08
288 Hollister city 1.07
289 Fountain Valley city 1.06
289 South San Jose Hills CDP 1.06
290 Mill Valley city 1.05
291 Garden Grove city 1.03
291 Westminster city 1.03
292 West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP 1.02
293 Baldwin Park city 1.01
293 Lake Arrowhead CDP 1.01
294 Avenal city 1.00
294 Burlingame city 1.00
294 San Carlos city 1.00
294 San Gabriel city 1.00
295 Manhattan Beach city 0.99
295 Red Bluff city 0.99
296 Huntington Park city 0.96
296 Orinda city 0.96
297 McKinleyville CDP 0.95
297 Montebello city 0.95
297 Windsor town 0.95
298 Granite Bay CDP 0.94
298 Los Gatos town 0.94
299 Danville town 0.92
300 Porterville city 0.91
301 Arroyo Grande city 0.90
301 Temple City city 0.90
302 Auburn city 0.89
303 Alamo CDP 0.88
304 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 0.87
304 Napa city 0.87
305 Arvin city 0.86
305 Cudahy city 0.86
305 Dana Point city 0.86
305 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 0.86
306 North Auburn CDP 0.85
306 Sanger city 0.85
307 Laguna Woods city 0.84
308 Livingston city 0.83
308 Pico Rivera city 0.83
308 Selma city 0.83
309 El Monte city 0.82
310 Big Bear City CDP 0.81
310 Cameron Park CDP 0.81
311 Nipomo CDP 0.80
311 Oakdale city 0.80
312 Laguna Beach city 0.79
312 Newport Beach city 0.79
312 North Tustin CDP 0.79
313 Carpinteria city 0.78
314 Ramona CDP 0.77
315 Avocado Heights CDP 0.76
315 Bell Gardens city 0.76
315 Millbrae city 0.76
316 Fillmore city 0.74
316 Prunedale CDP 0.74
317 Lafayette city 0.72
318 Cupertino city 0.70
318 San Clemente city 0.70
318 South Lake Tahoe city 0.70
319 Solana Beach city 0.68
320 Monterey Park city 0.66
321 East Los Angeles CDP 0.65
322 La Cañada Flintridge city 0.63
322 Los Altos city 0.63
323 Watsonville city 0.62
324 Greenfield city 0.61
325 Bell city 0.60
326 Coachella city 0.56
326 Maywood city 0.56
326 Walnut Park CDP 0.56
327 Kerman city 0.55
328 Los Osos CDP 0.54
328 Rosemead city 0.54
329 Encinitas city 0.52
329 Grass Valley city 0.52
330 San Juan Capistrano city 0.47
331 Reedley city 0.44
332 Dinuba city 0.41
332 Santa Paula city 0.41
333 South El Monte city 0.40
334 Saratoga city 0.33
335 Calexico city 0.21
336 Truckee town 0.16