| Rank |
City |
African-American Population Size (2010 Census)[1] |
Percentage African-American |
| 1 |
New York, New York MSA |
3,362,616 | 17.8 |
| 2 |
Atlanta, Georgia MSA |
1,976,983 | 32.0 |
| 3 |
Chicago, Illinois MSA |
1,645,993 | 17.0 |
| 4 |
Washington, District of Columbia (DC-MD-VA-WV) PMSA |
1,438,436 | 25.8 |
| 5 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PMSA |
1,241,780 | 20.8 |
| 6 |
Miami, Florida PMSA |
1,169,185 | 21.0 |
| 7 |
Houston, Texas PMSA |
1,025,775 | 17.0 |
| 8 |
Detroit, Michigan PMSA |
980,451 | 22.8 |
| 9 |
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas PMSA |
961,871 | 14.8 |
| 10 |
Los Angeles, California PMSA |
907,618 | 7.1 |
| 11 |
Baltimore, Maryland PMSA |
778,879 | 28.7 |
| 12 |
Memphis, Tennessee (TN-AR-MS) MSA |
601,043 | 45.7 |
| 13 |
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Virginia MSA |
522,409 | 31.3 |
| 14 |
St. Louis, Missouri (MO-IL) MSA |
516,446 | 18.4 |
| 15 |
San Francisco, California - Oakland - San Jose PMSA |
471,566 | 7.0 |
| 16 |
Charlotte, North Carolina PMSA |
421,105 | 24.0 |
| 17 |
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio PMSA |
416,528 | 20.1 |
| 18 |
New Orleans, Louisiana PMSA |
397,095 | 34.0 |
| 19 |
Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia MSA |
375,427 | 29.8 |
| 20 |
Orlando, Florida MSA |
344,820 | 16.2 |
| 21 |
Boston, Massachusetts (MA-NH) NECMA |
331,292 | 7.3 |
| 22 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida MSA |
329,334 | 11.8 |
| 23 |
Riverside-San Bernardino, California PMSA |
322,405 | 7.6 |
| 24 |
Birmingham, Alabama MSA |
318,373 | 28.2 |
| 25 |
Jacksonville, Florida MSA |
292,881 | 21.8 |
| 26 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana MSA |
285,911 | 35.6 |
| 27 |
Columbus, Ohio MSA |
273,560 | 14.9 |
| 28 |
Indianapolis, Indiana MSA |
263,376 | 15.0 |
| 30 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisconsin PMSA |
261,010 | 16.8 |
| 30 |
Jackson, Mississippi MSA |
257,021 | 47.7 |
| 30 |
Cincinnati, Ohio (OH-KY-IN) PMSA |
255,905 | 12.0 |
| 31 |
Columbia, South Carolina MSA |
255,104 | 33.2 |
| 32 |
Kansas City, Missouri (MO-KS) MSA |
254,509 | 12.5 |
| 33 |
Minneapolis-Saint Paul MSA |
243,414 | 7.4 |
| 34 |
Nashville, Tennessee MSA |
242,264 | 15.2 |
| 35 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina MSA |
228,268 | 20.2 |
| 36 |
Phoenix, Arizona MSA |
207,734 | 5.0 |
| 37 |
Las Vegas, Nevada MSA |
204,379 | 10.5 |
| 38 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MSA |
196,755 | 8.4 |
| 39 |
Augusta, Georgia MSA |
196,695 | 35.0 |
| 40 |
Seattle, Washington MSA |
191,967 | 5.6 |
| 41 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina MSA |
184,730 | 25.5 |
| 42 |
Charleston, South Carolina MSA |
184,019 | 28.0 |
| 43 |
Louisville, Kentucky MSA |
176,107 | 14.0 |
| 44 |
Montgomery, Alabama MSA |
159,330 | 43.0 |
| 45 |
Sacramento, California PMSA |
158,426 | 7.0 |
| 46 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California PMSA |
158,213 | 5.1 |
| 47 |
Shreveport, Louisiana MSA |
155,174 | 39.0 |
| 48 |
Little Rock, Arkansas MSA |
155,081 | 22.0 |