Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 5, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the California Black or African American Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent was 23.71%. Among all California cities and places with a population of 10K or higher, Golden Hills CDP had the highest percentage of its Black or African American Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent (100.00%), followed by Lindsay city (100.00%), and San Diego Country Estates CDP (100.00%).

The chart below shows the top 10 California cities and places (with a population of 10K+), and the table below shows the ranking of all California cities and places (with a population of 10K+).

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Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent in 2021
Golden Hills CDP
Lindsay city
San Diego Country Estates CDP
Capitola city
McFarland city
Calexico city
Fortuna city
Mill Valley city
East Niles CDP
Hillcrest CDP
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent in 2021
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Rank City of Place Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Golden Hills CDP 100.00
1 Lindsay city 100.00
1 San Diego Country Estates CDP 100.00
2 Capitola city 75.00
3 McFarland city 73.58
4 Calexico city 73.47
5 Fortuna city 70.00
6 Mill Valley city 65.12
7 East Niles CDP 63.08
8 Hillcrest CDP 63.06
9 Lake Los Angeles CDP 62.93
10 Farmersville city 62.22
11 Muscoy CDP 62.21
12 San Anselmo town 61.70
13 San Marino city 58.33
14 Live Oak CDP 57.84
15 Stanford CDP 55.22
16 Arroyo Grande city 54.95
17 Newman city 53.66
18 El Centro city 51.99
19 Garden Acres CDP 51.72
20 El Monte city 48.77
21 Phelan CDP 48.68
22 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 48.31
23 La Quinta city 46.29
24 Potomac Park CDP 42.07
25 Coachella city 41.99
26 Carlsbad city 41.00
27 Imperial Beach city 40.96
28 Dana Point city 40.95
29 North Highlands CDP 40.75
30 Napa city 40.47
31 Monterey city 40.41
32 Indio city 40.07
33 Corcoran city 39.86
34 Orinda city 39.51
35 Piedmont city 39.45
36 Soledad city 39.33
37 California City city 39.23
38 Rosamond CDP 39.22
39 Ramona CDP 38.85
40 Yucca Valley town 38.81
41 Banning city 38.59
42 San Juan Capistrano city 38.29
43 Perris city 37.92
44 Atascadero city 37.55
45 Canyon Lake city 36.92
46 Temple City city 36.88
47 Tehachapi city 36.51
48 Clearlake city 36.49
49 Woodland city 36.36
50 Rialto city 36.19
51 South San Francisco city 36.15
52 Oakdale city 36.00
53 Bloomington CDP 35.90
54 Millbrae city 35.71
55 Lafayette city 35.63
56 Susanville city 35.27
57 Florence-Graham CDP 35.25
58 King City city 34.78
59 Chowchilla city 34.57
60 Winton CDP 34.56
61 Bostonia CDP 34.51
62 Los Banos city 34.35
63 Patterson city 34.24
64 Twentynine Palms city 34.07
65 Placerville city 34.04
66 San Pablo city 34.03
67 Carmichael CDP 33.81
68 Apple Valley town 33.66
69 Adelanto city 33.63
70 Anderson city 33.33
70 Grass Valley city 33.33
71 Lathrop city 33.28
72 Lynwood city 33.21
73 Sun Village CDP 33.13
74 Wasco city 33.05
75 Bay Point CDP 32.99
76 Paramount city 32.85
77 Buena Park city 32.83
78 Tustin city 32.81
79 Duarte city 32.73
80 Hesperia city 32.72
81 Blythe city 32.66
82 Dinuba city 32.35
83 West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP 32.32
84 Stockton city 32.25
85 Foothill Farms CDP 32.13
86 Westmont CDP 32.08
87 Olivehurst CDP 31.95
88 Florin CDP 31.75
89 Beaumont city 31.74
90 Hanford city 31.60
91 Avenal city 31.53
92 San Bernardino city 31.26
93 Shafter city 31.25
94 East Bakersfield CDP 31.09
95 Red Bluff city 31.07
96 Palmdale city 30.99
97 Daly City city 30.83
98 Rosemead city 30.73
99 Compton city 30.57
100 Corte Madera town 30.49
100 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 30.49
101 El Cajon city 30.46
102 Hemet city 30.28
102 Suisun City city 30.28
103 Modesto city 30.23
104 Lancaster city 30.20
105 Willowbrook CDP 30.17
106 La Presa CDP 29.91
107 Ridgecrest city 29.89
108 Nipomo CDP 29.41
109 Norco city 29.38
110 Camp Pendleton South CDP 29.27
111 Bell city 29.06
112 Salinas city 29.03
113 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 28.96
114 Rancho Cordova city 28.90
115 Marina city 28.84
116 Lompoc city 28.83
117 Antioch city 28.78
118 Hayward city 28.70
118 Oceanside city 28.70
119 Jurupa Valley city 28.69
120 Wildomar city 28.39
121 Santa Fe Springs city 28.37
122 Rowland Heights CDP 28.31
123 Desert Hot Springs city 28.27
124 Vacaville city 28.21
125 Delano city 28.14
126 Parkway CDP 27.79
127 Palm Springs city 27.72
128 East Hemet CDP 27.71
128 La Cañada Flintridge city 27.71
129 La Riviera CDP 27.52
130 Merced city 27.49
131 San Rafael city 27.38
132 Home Gardens CDP 27.36
133 Fresno city 27.35
134 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 27.27
135 Richmond city 27.06
136 Victorville city 26.99
137 Port Hueneme city 26.93
138 Oildale CDP 26.92
139 Vallejo city 26.90
140 Rancho Mirage city 26.88
141 San Jacinto city 26.83
142 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 26.58
143 Rosemont CDP 26.57
144 Arden-Arcade CDP 26.56
145 Vista city 26.52
146 Valle Vista CDP 26.51
147 Menlo Park city 26.47
148 Huntington Beach city 26.32
149 Redlands city 26.29
150 Barstow city 26.25
151 North Auburn CDP 26.23
152 Alhambra city 26.20
153 Moreno Valley city 26.17
154 Menifee city 26.05
155 Norwalk city 26.00
156 Davis city 25.91
157 La Puente city 25.88
158 Chula Vista city 25.82
159 Ceres city 25.79
160 Hawaiian Gardens city 25.75
161 Yucaipa city 25.74
162 Riverside city 25.67
163 Pittsburg city 25.53
164 Madera city 25.50
165 Bakersfield city 25.40
166 Arvin city 25.30
167 Highland city 25.29
168 Hawthorne city 25.25
169 San Leandro city 25.13
169 Winter Gardens CDP 25.13
170 Fremont city 25.09
171 Castro Valley CDP 25.03
172 Atwater city 24.92
173 Escondido city 24.85
174 Tulare city 24.81
175 La Mesa city 24.73
176 Manteca city 24.64
177 East Los Angeles CDP 24.61
178 Thousand Oaks city 24.60
179 Newark city 24.57
180 Seal Beach city 24.51
181 National City city 24.45
182 Santa Rosa city 24.39
183 Claremont city 24.37
184 East Palo Alto city 24.32
185 Orcutt CDP 24.24
186 La Mirada city 24.21
187 Whittier city 24.18
188 San Diego city 24.16
189 Sacramento city 24.10
190 Monrovia city 24.07
191 Oroville city 23.98
192 Redwood City city 23.62
193 Watsonville city 23.55
194 Gardena city 23.44
195 Vineyard CDP 23.34
196 Lakeland Village CDP 23.30
197 Berkeley city 23.18
198 Downey city 23.14
199 Lake Elsinore city 23.07
200 Belmont city 23.01
201 Torrance city 22.95
202 San Francisco city 22.94
203 Ripon city 22.90
204 Los Angeles city 22.89
204 Oakley city 22.89
205 Fontana city 22.86
206 Fullerton city 22.83
207 Long Beach city 22.79
208 Bellflower city 22.71
209 Union City city 22.64
210 Colton city 22.62
211 West Covina city 22.58
212 Murrieta city 22.46
213 Anaheim city 22.40
214 Oakland city 22.34
215 Arcadia city 22.33
216 Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) 22.31
217 Ontario city 22.29
218 San Luis Obispo city 22.18
219 Santa Barbara city 22.16
220 Milpitas city 22.11
221 Pomona city 22.02
222 Alamo CDP 21.92
223 Pico Rivera city 21.84
224 Simi Valley city 21.82
225 Montebello city 21.80
226 Fairfield city 21.68
227 North Fair Oaks CDP 21.59
228 Inglewood city 21.57
229 La Verne city 21.53
230 Upland city 21.52
230 West Carson CDP 21.52
231 Santa Clara city 21.51
232 Albany city 21.42
233 Oxnard city 21.40
234 Redding city 21.33
235 Reedley city 21.32
235 Tracy city 21.32
236 Concord city 21.21
236 Mead Valley CDP 21.21
237 Corona city 21.10
238 Lennox CDP 21.03
239 Folsom city 20.90
240 Yuba City city 20.85
241 Cherryland CDP 20.83
242 Huntington Park city 20.81
242 Orange city 20.81
243 Santee city 20.79
244 Cameron Park CDP 20.77
244 San Fernando city 20.77
245 Signal Hill city 20.74
246 Ashland CDP 20.73
247 Hacienda Heights CDP 20.56
248 Beverly Hills city 20.36
249 Stanton city 20.33
250 Carson city 20.12
250 Citrus Heights city 20.12
251 Lakewood city 20.11
252 Lake Forest city 19.97
253 Campbell city 19.92
254 Altadena CDP 19.85
255 Laguna Hills city 19.83
256 West Puente Valley CDP 19.81
257 Clovis city 19.78
258 Commerce city 19.61
258 Maywood city 19.61
259 Coalinga city 19.34
260 Placentia city 19.10
261 Costa Mesa city 19.04
262 Pinole city 18.99
263 La Palma city 18.97
264 Eureka city 18.88
265 Elk Grove city 18.78
266 Palm Desert city 18.76
267 Camarillo city 18.74
268 Covina city 18.68
269 Cathedral City city 18.67
270 Mission Viejo city 18.63
271 Temescal Valley CDP 18.57
272 South Lake Tahoe city 18.48
273 Lincoln city 18.45
274 Valinda CDP 18.25
275 Burlingame city 18.11
276 Pacifica city 18.01
277 Linda CDP 17.98
278 Grand Terrace city 17.92
279 Santa Ana city 17.90
280 Petaluma city 17.87
281 Lemon Hill CDP 17.52
282 San Jose city 17.51
283 Glendora city 17.43
284 Santa Clarita city 17.41
285 Pasadena city 17.40
286 Azusa city 17.36
287 Cypress city 17.30
288 Grover Beach city 17.26
289 San Gabriel city 17.20
290 Blackhawk CDP 17.19
291 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 17.07
292 Ukiah city 17.00
293 Loma Linda city 16.92
294 Woodcrest CDP 16.84
295 El Cerrito city 16.83
296 Lawndale city 16.77
297 Chino city 16.73
298 Culver City city 16.71
299 La Habra city 16.70
300 Santa Maria city 16.34
301 Garden Grove city 16.26
302 San Clemente city 16.21
303 Lemon Grove city 16.18
304 Santa Monica city 16.08
305 Imperial city 16.00
306 Prunedale CDP 15.98
307 Martinez city 15.95
308 Lodi city 15.94
309 Antelope CDP 15.91
310 San Dimas city 15.90
311 Calimesa city 15.87
311 Citrus CDP 15.87
312 Westminster city 15.86
313 Vincent CDP 15.76
314 Baldwin Park city 15.62
315 Visalia city 15.33
316 San Carlos city 15.21
317 Livermore city 15.20
318 Bonita CDP 15.15
319 Redondo Beach city 15.09
320 Artesia city 15.02
321 Emeryville city 14.89
322 Bell Gardens city 14.86
323 Cudahy city 14.84
324 Roseville city 14.80
325 Novato city 14.72
326 Temecula city 14.71
327 French Valley CDP 14.69
328 Spring Valley CDP (San Diego County) 14.66
329 Seaside city 14.56
330 San Lorenzo CDP 14.55
331 Chico city 14.49
332 Poway city 14.27
333 Fallbrook CDP 14.24
334 Diamond Bar city 14.22
334 Ladera Ranch CDP 14.22
335 Greenfield city 14.17
336 Rocklin city 14.13
337 Encinitas city 13.95
338 American Canyon city 13.94
339 Rancho Santa Margarita city 13.66
340 Dublin city 13.60
341 South San Jose Hills CDP 13.50
342 Monterey Park city 13.49
343 Glendale city 13.41
344 Aliso Viejo city 13.36
345 Galt city 13.33
346 Fountain Valley city 12.98
347 Sunnyvale city 12.95
348 San Mateo city 12.91
349 Brawley city 12.82
350 Sanger city 12.70
351 Cerritos city 12.68
352 Santa Paula city 12.59
352 Stevenson Ranch CDP 12.59
353 Dixon city 12.58
354 Rohnert Park city 12.57
355 Eastvale city 12.54
356 Rancho Cucamonga city 12.50
357 Fair Oaks CDP 12.48
358 South Gate city 12.45
359 Montclair city 12.39
360 Castaic CDP 12.33
361 Quartz Hill CDP 12.00
362 San Marcos city 11.93
363 Fairview CDP 11.87
364 Moorpark city 11.71
365 Alameda city 11.32
366 Yorba Linda city 11.08
367 San Bruno city 11.03
367 View Park-Windsor Hills CDP 11.03
368 West Sacramento city 10.94
369 Alpine CDP 10.87
370 Brea city 10.78
371 South Whittier CDP 10.70
372 Selma city 10.67
372 Walnut city 10.67
373 Madera Acres CDP 10.64
374 Hercules city 10.30
375 Turlock city 10.17
376 Santa Cruz city 10.15
377 Benicia city 9.88
378 Gilroy city 9.71
379 Valley Center CDP 9.47
380 Rio Linda CDP 9.42
381 South El Monte city 9.40
382 Rancho Palos Verdes city 9.36
383 Los Gatos town 9.20
384 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) 9.13
385 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 9.09
386 Morgan Hill city 9.06
387 Mountain View city 8.88
388 Lomita city 8.80
389 Marysville city 8.76
390 Malibu city 8.70
390 Saratoga city 8.70
391 Burbank city 8.63
392 Sonoma city 8.44
393 Pacific Grove city 8.33
394 Orangevale CDP 7.93
395 Foster City city 7.42
396 Irvine city 7.34
397 Salida CDP 7.25
398 Fillmore city 7.22
399 Clayton city 7.21
400 Shasta Lake city 7.14
401 Lemoore city 6.95
402 Alum Rock CDP 6.85
403 Hollister city 6.79
404 West Hollywood city 6.74
405 Chino Hills city 6.56
406 Big Bear City CDP 6.48
407 San Ramon city 6.39
408 Laguna Niguel city 6.21
409 Diamond Springs CDP 6.00
410 South Pasadena city 5.86
411 Mountain House CDP 5.81
412 Walnut Creek city 5.72
413 El Segundo city 5.56
414 Pleasanton city 5.27
415 Avocado Heights CDP 5.24
416 Coronado city 5.08
417 Pleasant Hill city 5.02
418 Coto de Caza CDP 4.92
419 Cupertino city 4.91
420 Brentwood city 4.88
421 Porterville city 4.56
422 Newport Beach city 4.49
423 El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) 4.38
424 East San Gabriel CDP 4.22
425 El Dorado Hills CDP 4.17
426 Goleta city 3.81
426 North Tustin CDP 3.81
427 Danville town 3.79
428 University of California-Santa Barbara CDP 3.64
429 Manhattan Beach city 3.42
430 Los Altos city 3.35
431 Rosedale CDP 3.33
432 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 3.28
433 Granite Bay CDP 3.12
434 Arcata city 3.06
435 Palo Alto city 2.95
436 Riverbank city 1.66
437 Los Alamitos city 1.51
438 Del Aire CDP 1.23
439 Discovery Bay CDP 0.84
440 Agoura Hills city 0.00
440 Auburn city 0.00
440 Calabasas city 0.00
440 Carpinteria city 0.00
440 Exeter city 0.00
440 Half Moon Bay city 0.00
440 Hermosa Beach city 0.00
440 Hillsborough town 0.00
440 Isla Vista CDP 0.00
440 Kerman city 0.00
440 Kingsburg city 0.00
440 Laguna Beach city 0.00
440 Laguna Woods city 0.00
440 Lamont CDP 0.00
440 Larkspur city 0.00
440 Los Osos CDP 0.00
440 McKinleyville CDP 0.00
440 Mendota city 0.00
440 Moraga town 0.00
440 Morro Bay city 0.00
440 Oak Park CDP 0.00
440 Palos Verdes Estates city 0.00
440 Parlier city 0.00
440 Rancho San Diego CDP 0.00
440 Rossmoor CDP 0.00
440 Scotts Valley city 0.00
440 Sierra Madre city 0.00
440 Solana Beach city 0.00
440 Soquel CDP 0.00
440 Walnut Park CDP 0.00
440 Windsor town 0.00