List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2000

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The following is a list of United States cities, towns and unincorporated areas (Census Designated Places) in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is African American or Black, according to data from the 2000 Census. This list does not include cities such as Chicago, Illinois or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in which, according to the 2000 Census, merely a plurality (as opposed to a majority) of the residents are African American. The list below is organized by state and, within each state, by population size. The percentage of each city's population that is African American is listed in parentheses next to the city's name.[ citation needed ]

Contents

National rankings

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

Alabama

Places with over 100,000 people

Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

Arkansas

Population over 50,000

Population 25,000 to 49,999

Population 10,000 to 24,999

Population 5,000 to 9,999

Population 1,000 to 4,999

Population 100 to 999

Population under 100

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census

California

Population 25,000 to 99,999

Population 10,000 to 24,999

Population 5,000 to 9,999

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

Connecticut

Population 10,000 to 24,999

Delaware

Population 25,000 to 99,999

District of Columbia

Population over 500,000

Florida

Population over 50,000

Population 25,000 to 49,999

Population 10,000 to 24,999

Population 5,000 to 9,999

Population 1,000 to 4,999

Population 100 to 999

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
CDP dissolved prior to the 2010 U.S. Census
For the 2010 census, the CDPs of Carol City, Andover, Bunche Park, Lake Lucerne, Norland, Opa-locka North, and Scott Lake merged to form the city of Miami Gardens

Georgia

Population over 100,000

Population 25,000 to 99,999

Population 10,000 to 24,999

Population 5,000 to 9,999

Population 1,000 to 4,999

Population under 1,000

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

Illinois

Population over 25,000

Population 10,000 to 24,999

Population 5,000 to 9,999

Population 1,000 to 4,999

Population under 1,000

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

Indiana

Population 25,000 to 99,999

Kentucky

Population 10,000 to 24,999

Population under 1,000

No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

Louisiana

Population over 100,000

Population 25,000 to 99,999

Population 10,000 to 24,999

Population 5,000 to 9,999

Population 1,000 to 4,999

Population under 1,000

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

Maryland

Population over 500,000

Population 25,000 to 50,000

Population 10,000 to 24,999

Population 5,000 to 9,999

Population 1,000 to 4,999

Population 100 to 999

Population under 100


No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
divided into Silver Hill and Suitland for the 2020 Census

Michigan

Population over 500,000

Population 100,000 to 499,999

Population 25,000 to 99,999

Population 10,000 to 24,999

Population 5,000 to 9,999

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

Mississippi

Population over 100,000

Population 25,000 to 99,999

Population 10,000 to 24,999

Population 5,000 to 9,999

Population 1,000 to 4,999

Population 100 to 999

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census

Missouri

Population over 300,000

Population 10,000 to 25,000

Population 5,000 to 9,999

Population 1,000 to 4,999

Population 100 to 999

Population under 100


No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census

New Jersey

Places with over 100,000 people

Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

New York

Population over 50,000

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

North Carolina

Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

Ohio

Population over 100,000

Population 25,000 to 99,999

Population 10,000 to 24,999 people

Population 5,000 to 9,999

Population 1,000 to 4,999

Population less than 1,000

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census

Oklahoma

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census

Pennsylvania

Population over 25,000

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

South Carolina

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

Tennessee

Places with over 100,000 people

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census

Texas

Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

Virginia

Population over 100,000

Population 25,000 to 50,000

Population below 25,000

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

West Virginia

Population under 1,000

Counties

Alabama

Arkansas

Florida

Georgia

Louisiana

Maryland

Mississippi

North Carolina

South Carolina

Tennessee

Virginia

No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census
No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census

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