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 non-Hispanic African American or Black alone, 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 (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.
Alabama
Population over 200,000
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<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
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
- Allport (2000, 94.49%)
- Anthonyville (2000, 96.40%)
- Bluff City (2000, 71.52%)
- Bradley (2000, 51.69%)
- Carthage (2000, 82.13%)
- Chidester (2000, 62.39%)
- College Station (91.8%)
- Cotton Plant (74.1%)
- Elaine (2000, 54.34%)
- Fredonia (2000, 58.19%)
- Garland (69.9%)
- Gilmore (79.1%)
- Grady (65.8%)
- Gum Springs (2000, 55.15%)
- Harrell (2000, 56.31%)
- Haynes (2000, 85.05%)
- Hensley (2000, 64.67%)
- Holly Grove (72.6%)
- Jennette (87.9%)
- Jericho (2000, 93.29%)
- LaGrange (2000, 56.56%)
- Lake View (2000, 91.71%)
- Madison (2000, 88.96%)
- McNeil (2000, 56.95%)
- Menifee (84.6%)
- Mitchellville (2000, 97.99%)
- Montrose (71.9%)
- Parkdale (66.8%)
- Perla (63.5%)
- Reed (2000, 96.00%)
- Rondo (2000, 70.04%)
- Rosston (2000, 57.74%)
- Strong (2000, 53.15%)
- Sunset (2000, 89.94%)
- Tollette (98.5%)
- Turrell (78.8%)
- Twin Groves (2000, 72.10%)
- Wabbaseka (2000, 84.21%)
- Washington (2000, 61.49%)
- Widener (67.2%)
- Wilmar (2000, 71.80%)
- Wilmot (75.2%)
- Winchester (2000, 64.92%)
- Woodson (73.9%)
Population under 100
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census<br> Helena and West Helena merged in 2006 to form the city of HelenaâÂÂWest Helena
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<br> 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
- Belle Glade Camp CDP (2000, 69.33%)
- Boulevard Gardens CDP (94.3%)
- Broward Estates CDP (2000, 96.25%)
- Bunche Park CDP (2000, 95.47%)
- Carver Ranches CDP
- Century (56.1%)
- Chattahoochee (51.5%)
- Cypress Quarters CDP (2000, 65.83%)
- DeLand Southwest CDP (2000, 70.40%)
- East Dunbar CDP (2000, 91.52%)
- Eatonville (2000, 88.45%)
- El Portal (50.1%)
- Fremd Village-Padgett Island CDP (2000, 91.43%)
- Goulding CDP (2000, 71.90%)
- Gretna (83.8%)
- Harlem CDP (2000, 94.76%)
- Havana (53.6%)
- Madison (66.0%)
- Mangonia Park (83.1%)
- Midway <small>(Gadsden County)</small> (2000, 94.12%)
- Midway CDP <small>(Seminole County)</small> (2000, 93.52%)
- Monticello (50.73%)
- Naranja CDP (57.5%)
- Pompano Estates CDP
- Progress Village CDP (51.7%)
- Ridgecrest CDP (67.9%)
- Rock Island CDP
- Roosevelt Gardens CDP (96.5%)
- South Bay (2000, 66.26%)
- St. George CDP
- Tangelo Park CDP (2000, 88.44%)
- Washington Park CDP (94.9%)
- West Ken-Lark CDP
Population 100 to 999
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census<br> CDP dissolved prior to the 2010 U.S. Census<br> 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
- Alapaha (62.8%)
- Baconton (59.8%)
- Bartow (59.6%)
- Bronwood (65.7%)
- Byromville (2000, 51.57%)
- Camak (53.3%)
- Coleman (2000, 61.74%)
- Crawfordville (57.0%)
- Culloden (70.9%)
- Damascus (63.5%)
- Danville (51.2%)
- De Soto (2000, 65.42%)
- Dooling (66.9%)
- Flovilla (51.5%)
- Geneva (2000, 52.63%)
- Georgetown (<small>Quitman County)</small> (2000, 60.02%)
- Greenville (73.2%)
- Harrison (2000, 79.37%)
- Hilltop CDP (2000, 87.78%)
- Hiltonia (2000, 69.83%)
- Ideal (66.2%)
- Irwinton (57.1%)
- Junction City (2000, 60.34%)
- Keysville (2000, 62.22%)
- Luthersville (51.9%)
- Manassas (59.0%)
- McIntyre (2000, 57.52%)
- Midville (2000, 66.74%)
- Morven (2000, 52.05%)
- Newton (2000, 53.58%)
- Norwood (2000, 62.54%)
- Oliver (2000, 50.59%)
- Phillipsburg CDP (2000, 94.36%)
- Pineview (62.8%)
- Plains (2000, 59.50%)
- Riceboro (88.7%)
- Salem CDP (2000, 95.87%)
- Sharon (2000, 71.43%)
- Siloam (2000, 73.11%)
- Smithville (70.3%)
- Toomsboro (2000, 53.70%)
- Warwick (61.2%)
- Woodland (2000, 77.78%)
- Woodville (2000, 62.12%)
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> 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
- Alorton (2000, 96.76%)
- Baldwin (2000, 58.75%)
- Burnham (2000, 53.91%)
- Cairo (2000, 61.56%)
- Dixmoor (2000, 56.53%)
- Fairmont (2000, 53.57%)
- Ford Heights (2000, 95.37%)
- Mounds (2000, 59.89%)
- Oak Grove (2000, 57.74%)
- Olympia Fields (2000, 51.69%)
- Phoenix (2000, 93.14%)
- Preston Heights CDP (2000, 63.24%)
- Venice (2000, 93.04%)
Population under 1,000
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census<br> The Black population count for Oak Grove erroneously included part of East Moline for the 2000 Census and was not Black majority despite being listed as such in the U.S. Census
Indiana
Population 25,000 to 99,999
Kentucky
Population 10,000 to 24,999
Population under 1,000
Merged into the newly formed Louisville-Jefferson County unified government in 2003<br> 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
- Bonita (2000, 55.52%)
- Cheneyville (65.7%)
- Clarence (74.03%)
- Clayton (67.3%)
- East Hodge (2000, 95.08%)
- Fenton (2000, 51.84%)
- Harrisonburg (2000, 54.83%)
- Killona CDP (2000, 91.34%)
- Lucky (2020, 69.30%)
- Marion (54.1%)
- Napoleonville (69.8%)
- Natchez (91.9%)
- Palmetto (2000, 57.45%)
- Pioneer (2000, 52.63%)
- Powhatan (2000, 72.28%)
- Sicily Island (2000, 54.08%)
- South Mansfield (2000, 73.30%)
- Tangipahoa (91.6%)
- Wallace (2000, 93.68%)
- Waterproof (87.4%)
- Wilson (79.8%)
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> 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<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census<br> divided into Oxon Hill CDP and Glassmanor CDP for the 2010 Census<br> divided into Silver Hill CDP and Suitland CDP for the 2010 Census<br> divided into Lanham CDP and Seabrook CDP for the 2010 Census<br> renamed Landover CDP for the 2010 Census<br> divided into Marlboro Meadows CDP, Brock Hall CDP, Marlboro Village CDP, Queenland CDP, and Croom CDP for the 2010 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<br> 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
- Alligator (77.3%)
- Anguilla (77.0%)
- Arcola (95.0%)
- Artesia (2000, 79.32%)
- Beauregard (2000, 53.58%)
- Benoit (76.3%)
- Beulah (96.0%)
- Bolton (66.8%)
- Cary (64.4%)
- Coahoma (98.2%)
- Coffeeville (54.5%)
- Crawford (2000, 92.67%)
- Crenshaw (71.5%)
- Crosby (71.9%)
- Cruger (74.2%)
- De Kalb (50.3%)
- Doddsville (2000, 67.59%)
- Duck Hill (63.3%)
- Duncan (77.5%)
- Falcon (2000, 99.68%)
- Glendora (2000, 89.12%)
- Gunnison (86.7%)
- Heidelberg (73.3%)
- Hickory (55.1%)
- Isola (2000, 63.67%)
- Kilmichael (53.4%)
- Lake (55.2%)
- Louise (2000, 54.29%)
- Lula (77.3%)
- Maben (57.9%)
- Mayersville (88.1%)
- Merigold (56.9%)
- Morgan City (2000, 80.33%)
- Mount Olive (52.0%)
- North Tunica (94.9%)
- Oakland (75.9%)
- Pace (82.7%)
- Renova (96.0%)
- Roxie (58.9%)
- Schlater (2000, 60.57%)
- Scooba (54.9%)
- Shubuta (73.9%)
- Shuqualak (69.6%)
- Sidon (2000, 83.18%)
- Silver City (2000, 78.34%)
- Sledge (76.0%)
- State Line (56.9%)
- Sunflower (71.3%)
- Terry (50.5%)
- Utica (2000, 65.63%)
- Vaiden (71.1%)
- Webb (2000, 61.33%)
- Weir (2000, 53.71%)
- Winstonville (97.8%)
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
Missouri
Population over 300,000
Population 10,000 to 25,000
Population 5,000 to 9,999
Population 1,000 to 4,999
- Bel-Ridge (2000, 79.43%)
- Castle Point CDP (2000, 88.57%)
- Cool Valley (2000, 76.04%)
- Country Club Hills (2000, 80.81%)
- Hanley Hills (2000, 76.60%)
- Hillsdale (2000, 95.33%)
- Moline Acres (2000, 85.42%)
- Northwoods (2000, 92.46%)
- Norwood Court (2000, 92.46%)
- Pagedale (2000, 91.79%)
- Pasadena Hills (2000, 67.31%)
- Pine Lawn (2000, 95.69%)
- Velda City (2000, 95.48%)
- Velda Village Hills (2000, 97.98%)
- Vinita Park (2000, 61.54%)
- Wellston (2000, 91.26%)
Population 100 to 999
- Beverly Hills (2000, 94.36%)
- Flordell Hills (2000, 82.06%)
- Glen Echo Park (2000, 87.35%)
- Greendale (2000, 63.99%)
- Hayti Heights (2000, 98.31%)
- Haywood City (2000, 94.98%)
- Homestown (2000, 88.95%)
- Howardville (2000, 90.94%)
- Kinloch (2000, 95.77%)
- Pasadena Park (2000, 53.37%)
- Uplands Park (2000, 96.52%)
- Vinita Terrace (2000, 73.63%)
- Wilson City (2000, 96.36%)
Population under 100
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br>
New Jersey
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
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> 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<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
North Carolina
Population over 50,000
Population 25,000 to 49,999
Population 10,000 to 24,999 people
Population 5,000 to 9,999
Population 1,000 to 4,999
Population 100 to 999
- Ansonville (2000, 76.10%)
- Bolton (63.8%)
- Bowmore CDP (2000, 57.93%)
- Brunswick (55.0%)
- Cofield (2000, 80.40%)
- Columbia (52.3%)
- Conetoe (2000, 63.56%)
- East Arcadia (2000, 89.69%)
- Fair Bluff (2000, 59.27%)
- Fountain (2000, 50.47%)
- Hamilton (2000, 51.94%)
- Hassell (2000, 62.50%)
- Hobgood (2000, 51.98%)
- Kelford (2000, 65.31%)
- Kingstown (92.8%)
- Lewiston Woodville (2000, 66.23%)
- Light Oak (82.2%)
- Middleburg (2000, 63.58%)
- Morven (2000, 76.51%)
- Northwest (71.8%)
- Parmele (2000, 85.86%)
- Princeville (97.5%)
- Rich Square (55.9%)
- Roper (2000, 74.71%)
- Seaboard (71.2%)
- Whitakers (58.3%)
- Winton (68.0%)
Population less than 100
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
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<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
Oklahoma
Population 1,000 to 5,000
Population 100 to 999
- Arcadia (2000, 55.56%)
- Boynton (2000, 55.11%)
- Fort Coffee (2000, 62.86%)
- Grayson (2000, 61.94%)
- Redbird (2000, 87.58%)
- Rentiesville (2000, 64.71%)
- Summit (2000, 84.07%)
- Taft (2000, 85.10%)
- Tatums (2000, 78.49%)
- Tullahassee (2000, 66.98%)
Population less than 100
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
Pennsylvania
Population over 25,000
Population 10,000 to 25,000
Population 5,000 to 9,999
Population 1,000 to 4,999
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
South Carolina
Population 10,000 to 25,000
Population 5,000 to 9,999
Population 1,000 to 4,999
- Allendale (80.0%)
- Andrews (60.8%)
- Awendaw (64.6%)
- Bamberg (53.6%)
- Bishopville (65.8%)
- Blackville (75.6%)
- Bowman (2000, 68.70%)
- Brookdale CDP (2000, 97.80%)
- Bucksport (96.6%)
- Calhoun Falls (52.7%)
- Denmark (85.9%)
- Edgefield (59.9%)
- Edisto CDP (2000, 69.34%)
- Estill (79.4%)
- Fairfax (73.5%)
- Gray Court (2000, 53.97%)
- Hollywood (68.8%)
- Johnston (62.6%)
- Judson (56.7%)
- Kingstree (64.7%)
- Lancaster Mill (53.3%)
- Manning (62.4%)
- Mayesville (2000, 86.01%)
- McCormick (64.1%)
- Pamplico (2000, 52.15%)
- Ridgeville (2000, 58.64%)
- St. Matthews (61.5%)
- St. Stephen (58.2%)
- South Sumter CDP (2000, 89.51%)
- Summerton (57.2%)
- Timmonsville (2000, 76.98%)
- Varnville (60.3%)
- Wilkinson Heights CDP (2000, 95.11%)
- Winnsboro (58.5%)
Population less than 1,000
- Atlantic Beach (82.1%)
- Blenheim (54.7%)
- Carlisle (2000, 91.73%)
- Clarks Hill CDP (2000, 85.37%)
- Clio (2000, 56.98%)
- Cokesbury (2000, 72.76%)
- Cope (56.07%)
- Cross Hill (2000, 55.41%)
- Eastover (2000, 92.41%)
- Ehrhardt (2000, 56.68%)
- Elko (2000, 58.49%)
- Furman (2000, 72.38%)
- Gifford (2000, 92.70%)
- Greeleyville (2000, 58.19%)
- Heath Springs (51.0%)
- Kline (2000, 56.72%)
- Lane (2000, 89.74%)
- Lynchburg (2000, 73.64%)
- Mount Carmel CDP (2000, 89.87%)
- Pinewood (2000, 56.21%)
- Promised Land CDP (2000, 95.71%)
- Quinby (2000, 55.82%)
- Rembert CDP (2000, 74.38%)
- Richburg (2000, 73.80%)
- Ridge Spring (2000, 62.09%)
- Rowesville (2000, 60.58%)
- Santee (2000, 70.68%)
- Scotia (2000, 72.69%)
- Scranton (2000, 55.84%)
- Sellers (2000, 85.56%)
- Shiloh CDP<small> (Sumter County)</small> (2000, 58.30%)
- Society Hill (2000, 53.71%)
- Stuckey (2000, 79.47%)
- Vance (2000, 84.62%)
- Wagener (61.5%)
- Waterloo (2000, 55.67%)
- Willington CDP (2000, 82.49%)
- Yemassee (55.3%)
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
Tennessee
Population over 500,000
Population 10,000 to 25,000
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<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
Texas
Population over 25,000
Population 10,000 to 25,000
Population 5,000 to 9,999
Population 1,000 to 4,999
Population 100 to 999
Population less than 100
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
Virginia
Population over 200,000
Population over 100,000
Population 25,000 to 50,000
Population 10,000 to 24,999
Population 5,000 to 9,999
Population 1,000 to 49,999
Population below 1,000
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
West Virginia
Population under 1,000
Counties
Alabama
- Bullock County (2000, 72.44%)
- Dallas County (2000, 62.98%)
- Greene County (2000, 79.85%)
- Hale County (2000, 58.62%)
- Lowndes County (2000, 73.04%)
- Macon County (2000, 84.21%)
- Marengo County (2000, 51.38%)
- Perry County (2000, 67.93%)
- Sumter County (2000, 72.43%)
- Wilcox County (2000, 71.48%)
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
- Baker County (2000, 50.02%)
- Calhoun County (2000, 58.96%)
- Clay County (2000, 59.85%)
- Clayton County (2000, 51.08%)
- DeKalb County (2000, 53.82%)
- Dougherty County (2000, 59.88%)
- Hancock County (2000, 77.61%)
- Jefferson County (2000, 55.97%)
- Macon County (2000, 59.24%)
- Randolph County (2000, 59.16%)
- Talbot County (2000, 61.16%)
- Taliaferro County (2000, 60.23%)
- Terrell County (2000, 60.29%)
- Warren County (2000, 59.26%)
- Washington County (2000, 53.05%)
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census<br> No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census
See also
References