Ranking of US Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
Updated on August 27, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all the cities and places in the United States, New York city, NY had the highest number of voting-age population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (1.53M), followed by Chicago city, IL (625.81K), and Philadelphia city, PA (480.80K).
The chart below shows the top 10, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 500 cities and places based on Black or African American Alone voting-age population.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial groups in the US.
You can also find similar information for each state using links at the bottom of this page.
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Related Topics: US Census 2020 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of US Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
Rank | City or Place | Black Alone Voting-age Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York city, NY | 1,533,758 |
| 2 | Chicago city, IL | 625,811 |
| 3 | Philadelphia city, PA | 480,804 |
| 4 | Houston city, TX | 398,071 |
| 5 | Detroit city, MI | 373,367 |
| 6 | Memphis city, TN | 288,400 |
| 7 | Los Angeles city, CA | 276,599 |
| 8 | Baltimore city, MD | 265,435 |
| 9 | Dallas city, TX | 232,908 |
| 10 | Washington city, DC | 226,137 |
| 11 | Charlotte city, NC | 220,015 |
| 12 | Jacksonville city, FL | 213,410 |
| 13 | Atlanta city, GA | 187,111 |
| 14 | Columbus city, OH | 182,439 |
| 15 | Indianapolis city (balance), IN | 179,011 |
| 16 | New Orleans city, LA | 158,350 |
| 17 | Milwaukee city, WI | 154,202 |
| 18 | Cleveland city, OH | 134,125 |
| 19 | Fort Worth city, TX | 129,216 |
| 20 | Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 128,180 |
| 21 | Newark city, NJ | 114,846 |
| 22 | Boston city, MA | 108,333 |
| 23 | Birmingham city, AL | 107,146 |
| 24 | St. Louis city, MO | 99,043 |
| 25 | Kansas City city, MO | 97,502 |
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Ranking of Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population for each State from Census 2020
Use the following links to to see the ranking of cities and places by Black or African American Alone voting-age population for each of the following US states from the US 2020 Census.