| Rank
|
City
|
African-American Population Size (2010 Census)[1]
|
Percentage African-American
|
| 1
|
New York, New York MSA
|
3,352,616 |
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
|
1,006,470 |
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(Ohio-OH-Kentucky-KY-Indiana-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
|
San Antonio, Texas MSA
|
192,551 |
7.2[1]
|
| 41
|
Seattle, Washington MSA
|
191,967 |
5.6
|
| 42
|
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina MSA
|
184,730 |
25.5
|
| 43
|
Charleston, South Carolina MSA
|
184,019 |
28.0
|
| 44
|
Louisville, Kentucky MSA
|
176,107 |
14.0
|
| 45
|
Montgomery, Alabama MSA
|
159,330 |
43.0
|
| 46
|
Sacramento, California PMSA
|
158,426 |
7.0
|
| 47
|
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California PMSA
|
158,213 |
5.1
|
| 48
|
Shreveport, Louisiana MSA
|
155,174 |
39.0
|
| 49
|
Little Rock, Arkansas MSA
|
155,081 |
22.0
|
