Ranking of US Cities and Places By Percent of the Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 22, 2026.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 50K voting-age population in the United States, South Fulton city, GA had the highest percentage of a city or a place voting-age population who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (89.82%), followed by Gary city, IN (79.24%), and East Orange city, NJ (79.06%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places with over 50K voting-age population, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 500 cities and places with over 50K voting-age population size, based on the percentage of each place's voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for the other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in the United States.

Related Topics: US Census 2020 Topic List.
Ranking of US Cities and Places By Percent of the Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black Alone from Census 2020
South Fulton, GA
Gary, IN
East Orange, NJ
Detroit, MI
Jackson, MS
Lauderhill, FL
Albany, GA
Southfield, MI
Birmingham, AL
Waldorf, MD
Ranking of US Cities and Places By Percent of the Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Voting-age Population
1 South Fulton city, GA 89.82
2 Gary city, IN 79.24
3 East Orange city, NJ 79.06
4 Detroit city, MI 77.35
5 Jackson city, MS 76.58
6 Lauderhill city, FL 73.75
7 Albany city, GA 72.24
8 Southfield city, MI 70.04
9 Birmingham city, AL 65.45
10 Waldorf CDP, MD 62.15
11 Miami Gardens city, FL 61.10
12 Mount Vernon city, NY 60.53
13 Memphis city, TN 59.66
14 Montgomery city, AL 57.92
15 Baltimore city, MD 55.85
16 Flint city, MI 54.25
17 Shreveport city, LA 53.17
18 Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA 52.62
19 Wilmington city, DE 52.50
20 Macon-Bibb County, GA 51.42
21 New Orleans city, LA 51.19
22 Portsmouth city, VA 50.87
23 Baton Rouge city, LA 50.60
24 Mobile city, AL 48.12
25 Hampton city, VA 48.00
26 Newark city, NJ 47.30
27 Savannah city, GA 45.57
28 Beaumont city, TX 45.39
29 Cleveland city, OH 45.21
30 Atlanta city, GA 44.83
31 Columbus city, GA 44.74
32 Trenton city, NJ 43.55
33 Lake Charles city, LA 43.49
34 Jackson city, TN 41.70
35 Fayetteville city, NC 41.38
36 Suffolk city, VA 40.98
37 Miramar city, FL 40.74
38 Greensboro city, NC 40.55
39 Missouri City city, TX 40.49
40 Camden city, NJ 40.13
41 Inglewood city, CA 40.10
42 Newport News city, VA 40.07
43 St. Louis city, MO 39.78
44 Warner Robins city, GA 39.44
45 Washington city, DC 38.87
46 Little Rock city, AR 38.77
47 North Charleston city, SC 38.73
48 Greenville city, NC 38.33
49 Richmond city, VA 37.97
50 Norfolk city, VA 37.96
51 Dayton city, OH 37.94
52 Tuscaloosa city, AL 37.92
53 Cincinnati city, OH 37.20
54 Philadelphia city, PA 36.86
55 Rock Hill city, SC 36.82
56 Gulfport city, MS 36.14
57 Columbia city, SC 36.02
58 Hartford city, CT 35.69
59 Durham city, NC 35.52
60 Rochester city, NY 35.43
61 Milwaukee city, WI 35.10
62 Killeen city, TX 35.02
63 Buffalo city, NY 33.90
64 Bridgeport city, CT 32.88
65 Brockton city, MA 32.62
66 Tallahassee city, FL 32.17
67 Charlotte city, NC 32.12
68 Winston-Salem city, NC 31.83
69 Dothan city, AL 30.97
70 High Point city, NC 30.44
71 Tamarac city, FL 29.96
72 Louisville city, KY 29.74
73 New Haven city, CT 29.49
74 Sunrise city, FL 29.34
75 Daytona Beach city, FL 28.87
76 Akron city, OH 28.84
77 Gastonia city, NC 28.83
78 Chesapeake city, VA 28.62
79 Compton city, CA 28.52
80 Lafayette city, LA 28.51
81 Silver Spring CDP, MD 28.44
82 West Palm Beach city, FL 28.27
83 Jacksonville city, FL 28.25
84 Huntsville city, AL 28.13
85 Chicago city, IL 28.07
86 Chattanooga city, TN 27.46
87 Boynton Beach city, FL 27.06
88 Albany city, NY 26.79
89 Brooklyn Park city, MN 26.68
90 Toledo city, OH 26.48
91 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 26.31
92 Syracuse city, NY 26.07
93 Columbus city, OH 25.54
94 Columbia CDP, MD 25.52
95 Roanoke city, VA 25.46
96 Glen Burnie CDP, MD 24.99
97 Pompano Beach city, FL 24.89
98 Lynchburg city, VA 24.84
99 Raleigh city, NC 24.81
100 Peoria city, IL 24.69
101 Kansas City city, MO 24.53
102 Dale City CDP, VA 24.49
103 Fort Lauderdale city, FL 24.26
104 Hawthorne city, CA 24.08
105 Germantown CDP, MD 23.93
106 Hammond city, IN 23.89
107 Paterson city, NJ 23.88
108 Mesquite city, TX 23.80
109 Decatur city, IL 23.65
110 Grand Prairie city, TX 23.62
111 Clarksville city, TN 23.61
112 South Bend city, IN 23.51
113 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 23.05
114 Dallas city, TX 23.03
115 Longview city, TX 22.81
116 Carson city, CA 22.73
117 Canton city, OH 22.62
118 Atascocita CDP, TX 22.61
119 Delray Beach city, FL 22.35
120 Houston city, TX 22.27
121 Tyler city, TX 22.22
122 Deerfield Beach city, FL 22.03
123 Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA 21.88
124 Racine city, WI 21.80
125 Kansas City city, KS 21.57
126 North Las Vegas city, NV 21.52
127 Arlington city, TX 21.51
128 Concord city, NC 21.50
129 Orlando city, FL 21.41
130 Greenville city, SC 21.29
131 Oakland city, CA 21.25
132 Coral Springs city, FL 21.21
133 Lansing city, MI 20.90
134 Kenner city, LA 20.83
135 Westland city, MI 20.66
136 Poinciana CDP, FL 20.58
137 Mansfield city, TX 20.45
138 Rockford city, IL 20.34
139 Pittsburgh city, PA 20.16
140 New York city, NY 20.10
141 Kalamazoo city, MI 20.02
142 Lancaster city, CA 19.86
143 Plantation city, FL 19.81
144 Fort Myers city, FL 19.74
145 Lawton city, OK 19.68
146 Richmond city, CA 19.66
147 Pearland city, TX 19.57
148 Waterbury city, CT 19.52
149 Antioch city, CA 19.49
150 Jonesboro city, AR 19.47
151 Tampa city, FL 19.42
152 Alexandria city, VA 19.41
153 Bolingbrook village, IL 19.37
154 Vallejo city, CA 19.36
155 Riverview CDP, FL 18.99
156 Pembroke Pines city, FL 18.97
157 Fort Worth city, TX 18.95
158 St. Petersburg city, FL 18.82
159 Murfreesboro city, TN 18.67
160 New Rochelle city, NY 18.54
161 Waco city, TX 18.51
162 Sandy Springs city, GA 18.47
163 Springfield city, MA 18.42
163 Schenectady city, NY 18.42
164 Warren city, MI 18.24
165 Auburn city, AL 18.08
166 Jersey City city, NJ 17.97
167 Farmington Hills city, MI 17.96
168 Boston city, MA 17.83
169 Gainesville city, FL 17.75
170 Virginia Beach city, VA 17.66
171 Frederick city, MD 17.64
172 Springfield city, IL 17.60
173 Lehigh Acres CDP, FL 17.29
174 Waukegan city, IL 17.07
175 Victorville city, CA 16.91
176 Lakeland city, FL 16.86
177 Port St. Lucie city, FL 16.78
178 Pittsburg city, CA 16.67
179 Conway city, AR 16.57
180 Jacksonville city, NC 16.53
181 Homestead city, FL 16.52
181 Grand Rapids city, MI 16.52
182 Palm Bay city, FL 16.48
183 Elizabeth city, NJ 16.25
184 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 16.08
185 Baytown city, TX 16.07
186 Waterloo city, IA 15.97
187 Charleston city, SC 15.95
188 Minneapolis city, MN 15.93
189 Hoover city, AL 15.91
190 Gaithersburg city, MD 15.78
191 Yonkers city, NY 15.76
192 Brandon CDP, FL 15.71
193 Hollywood city, FL 15.70
194 Joliet city, IL 15.69
195 Moreno Valley city, CA 15.63
196 Lewisville city, TX 15.49
197 Evanston city, IL 15.39
198 Erie city, PA 15.22
199 Wilmington city, NC 15.12
200 Fairfield city, CA 14.94
201 Aurora city, CO 14.93
201 Champaign city, IL 14.93
202 Bryan city, TX 14.76
203 Temple city, TX 14.61
204 Garland city, TX 14.50
205 St. Paul city, MN 14.42
206 Knoxville city, TN 14.39
207 Sunrise Manor CDP, NV 14.18
208 Fort Wayne city, IN 14.14
209 St. Cloud city, MN 14.10
210 Tulsa city, OK 14.05
211 Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY 13.69
212 Oklahoma City city, OK 13.56
213 Malden city, MA 13.31
214 Federal Way city, WA 13.27
215 Dundalk CDP, MD 13.13
216 Bellflower city, CA 12.99
217 Palmdale city, CA 12.89
218 Bowling Green city, KY 12.87
219 New Britain city, CT 12.75
220 Irving city, TX 12.57
221 Lakewood city, WA 12.51
222 Wichita Falls city, TX 12.43
223 Evansville city, IN 12.40
224 Sacramento city, CA 12.34
225 Worcester city, MA 12.33
226 San Bernardino city, CA 12.28
227 McKinney city, TX 12.25
228 Rialto city, CA 12.23
229 Paradise CDP, NV 12.17
230 Las Vegas city, NV 12.13
231 Cheektowaga CDP, NY 12.11
232 Stockton city, CA 12.09
233 Norwalk city, CT 12.05
234 Long Beach city, CA 11.97
235 Stamford city, CT 11.79
236 Kent city, WA 11.63
237 Spring Valley CDP, NV 11.46
238 Roswell city, GA 11.40
239 Omaha city, NE 11.35
240 Providence city, RI 11.32
241 Miami city, FL 11.10
242 Pawtucket city, RI 11.04
243 Denton city, TX 10.94
244 Muncie city, IN 10.85
245 San Leandro city, CA 10.79
246 Aurora city, IL 10.70
247 Lynn city, MA 10.66
248 Columbia city, MO 10.64
249 Metairie CDP, LA 10.48
250 Allentown city, PA 10.39
251 Rockville city, MD 10.35
252 Davenport city, IA 10.28
253 Perris city, CA 10.20
254 Wichita city, KS 10.17
255 Vacaville city, CA 10.14
256 Richardson city, TX 10.13
257 Johns Creek city, GA 10.12
258 Deltona city, FL 10.10
259 Alpharetta city, GA 10.05
260 Alafaya CDP, FL 10.04
261 Elk Grove city, CA 9.98
261 Bloomington city, IL 9.98
262 Palm Coast city, FL 9.96
263 Tacoma city, WA 9.88
264 Des Moines city, IA 9.87
265 Bayonne city, NJ 9.85
266 Topeka city, KS 9.77
267 Asheville city, NC 9.73
268 Renton city, WA 9.70
269 Carrollton city, TX 9.69
270 Abilene city, TX 9.66
271 Round Rock city, TX 9.58
272 Lubbock city, TX 9.51
273 Conroe city, TX 9.47
274 Reading city, PA 9.40
275 Kenosha city, WI 9.37
276 Cambridge city, MA 9.22
276 Allen city, TX 9.22
277 Avondale city, AZ 9.19
278 Clearwater city, FL 9.16
279 Ellicott City CDP, MD 9.11
280 Chapel Hill town, NC 9.09
281 Enterprise CDP, NV 9.08
282 Rancho Cucamonga city, CA 9.05
283 Fontana city, CA 9.04
284 Rancho Cordova city, CA 8.98
285 Hayward city, CA 8.92
285 Frisco city, TX 8.92
286 Arden-Arcade CDP, CA 8.81
287 Kissimmee city, FL 8.79
288 Melbourne city, FL 8.74
289 Cedar Rapids city, IA 8.71
290 Hemet city, CA 8.70
291 Lafayette city, IN 8.56
292 Arlington CDP, VA 8.53
293 Los Angeles city, CA 8.52
294 Reston CDP, VA 8.51
295 Plano city, TX 8.43
296 Lee's Summit city, MO 8.28
297 Fort Smith city, AR 8.24
298 Apple Valley town, CA 8.09
299 Bloomington city, MN 8.06
300 Denver city, CO 8.02
301 Pasadena city, CA 7.98
302 Lakewood city, CA 7.97
303 Wyoming city, MI 7.96
304 Davie town, FL 7.89
305 Medford city, MA 7.83
306 Iowa City city, IA 7.80
307 Cary town, NC 7.75
308 Portland city, ME 7.74
309 Lowell city, MA 7.67
310 Midland city, TX 7.60
311 Port Charlotte CDP, FL 7.59
312 Berkeley city, CA 7.53
312 Novi city, MI 7.53
313 Skokie village, IL 7.49
313 Centreville CDP, VA 7.49
314 Eagan city, MN 7.48
315 Independence city, MO 7.47
316 League City city, TX 7.26
317 Phoenix city, AZ 7.15
318 Auburn city, WA 7.14
319 Goodyear city, AZ 7.12
320 Rochester city, MN 7.11
321 St. Charles city, MO 7.08
322 College Station city, TX 7.07
323 Sugar Land city, TX 7.01
324 Fargo city, ND 6.98
325 Austin city, TX 6.92
326 Fresno city, CA 6.91
327 Buckeye city, AZ 6.87
328 Glendale city, AZ 6.82
329 Town 'n' Country CDP, FL 6.81
330 San Marcos city, TX 6.78
331 Johnson City city, TN 6.73
332 San Antonio city, TX 6.67
333 Menifee city, CA 6.66
334 Bethlehem city, PA 6.62
335 Lake Elsinore city, CA 6.60
336 Fishers city, IN 6.55
337 Bakersfield city, CA 6.53
337 Waltham city, MA 6.53
338 Danbury city, CT 6.52
339 Tracy city, CA 6.47
340 Ann Arbor city, MI 6.40
341 Woodbury city, MN 6.36
342 Riverside city, CA 6.32
343 Scranton city, PA 6.31
344 Amarillo city, TX 6.30
345 Henderson city, NV 6.27
346 North Richland Hills city, TX 6.25
347 West Hartford CDP, CT 6.24
347 Elgin city, IL 6.24
348 Odessa city, TX 6.23
349 El Cajon city, CA 6.20
350 Ontario city, CA 6.16
351 Upland city, CA 6.15
351 Sterling Heights city, MI 6.15
351 Seattle city, WA 6.15
352 Madison city, WI 6.12
353 Chino city, CA 6.08
354 Castro Valley CDP, CA 6.02
355 Edmond city, OK 6.00
356 Tempe city, AZ 5.92
357 Pomona city, CA 5.85
358 Alameda city, CA 5.78
359 Fayetteville city, AR 5.77
360 Blaine city, MN 5.76
360 St. Joseph city, MO 5.76
361 Murrieta city, CA 5.74
362 Olathe city, KS 5.73
363 Framingham city, MA 5.63
364 Corona city, CA 5.54
364 San Diego city, CA 5.54
365 Chandler city, AZ 5.53
366 Colorado Springs city, CO 5.52
367 Plymouth city, MN 5.49
368 Largo city, FL 5.48
369 Shawnee city, KS 5.37
370 Hesperia city, CA 5.33
371 Franklin city, TN 5.31
372 Boca Raton city, FL 5.29
373 Maple Grove city, MN 5.26
374 Portland city, OR 5.24
375 Quincy city, MA 5.19
376 San Francisco city, CA 5.14
377 Sioux Falls city, SD 5.10
378 Merced city, CA 5.07
379 Sioux City city, IA 5.06
379 Lawrence city, KS 5.06
380 Surprise city, AZ 5.03
381 Folsom city, CA 4.99
382 O'Fallon city, MO 4.95
382 Everett city, WA 4.95
383 Somerville city, MA 4.93
384 Tucson city, AZ 4.91
384 Cranston city, RI 4.91
385 Carmichael CDP, CA 4.90
386 Oshkosh city, WI 4.89
387 San Tan Valley CDP, AZ 4.87
388 Anchorage municipality, AK 4.85
389 Naperville city, IL 4.84
390 Spring Hill CDP, FL 4.81
391 Chula Vista city, CA 4.79
392 North Port city, FL 4.77
393 Broken Arrow city, OK 4.75
394 Bloomington city, IN 4.67
395 Bethesda CDP, MD 4.64
395 Green Bay city, WI 4.64
396 Temecula city, CA 4.62
397 West Des Moines city, IA 4.61
397 Gresham city, OR 4.61
398 Livonia city, MI 4.58
399 Norman city, OK 4.56
400 New Bedford city, MA 4.46
401 Clifton city, NJ 4.44
402 Redlands city, CA 4.41
403 Manteca city, CA 4.40
404 Overland Park city, KS 4.37
404 Springfield city, MO 4.37
405 Dearborn city, MI 4.34
406 Fall River city, MA 4.33
407 Noblesville city, IN 4.32
408 Union City city, CA 4.31
409 Chino Hills city, CA 4.26
410 Cedar Park city, TX 4.24
411 Manchester city, NH 4.21
412 Lincoln city, NE 4.15
413 Corpus Christi city, TX 4.10
414 Georgetown city, TX 4.09
415 Dublin city, CA 4.03
416 Santa Clarita city, CA 4.02
417 San Angelo city, TX 3.99
418 Norwalk city, CA 3.96
419 Oceanside city, CA 3.93
420 Schaumburg village, IL 3.92
421 Troy city, MI 3.89
422 Mesa city, AZ 3.87
423 Modesto city, CA 3.84
424 Santa Monica city, CA 3.82
425 Concord city, CA 3.74
426 Rochester Hills city, MI 3.72
427 Jurupa Valley city, CA 3.71
428 Ames city, IA 3.70
429 Hoboken city, NJ 3.69
430 Gilbert town, AZ 3.68
431 Citrus Heights city, CA 3.64
432 West Covina city, CA 3.62
432 Parma city, OH 3.62
433 Downey city, CA 3.60
434 Peoria city, AZ 3.58
435 Cicero town, IL 3.53
436 Cape Coral city, FL 3.52
436 Palm Beach Gardens city, FL 3.52
437 Flower Mound town, TX 3.50
438 Mount Pleasant town, SC 3.48
439 Port Orange city, FL 3.45
440 Haverhill city, MA 3.42
441 Centennial city, CO 3.33
442 The Woodlands CDP, TX 3.27
443 Carmel city, IN 3.26
444 El Paso city, TX 3.22
445 Torrance city, CA 3.21
446 Duluth city, MN 3.18
447 Toms River CDP, NJ 3.14
447 Pasadena city, TX 3.14
448 Brookline CDP, MA 3.12
449 Redondo Beach city, CA 3.11
450 Kendall CDP, FL 3.02
451 Newton city, MA 3.01
452 Vancouver city, WA 3.00
453 Albuquerque city, NM 2.98
454 Buena Park city, CA 2.97
455 Palatine village, IL 2.87
456 Sparks city, NV 2.85
457 Reno city, NV 2.84
458 Waukesha city, WI 2.82
459 San Jose city, CA 2.81
459 Miami Beach city, FL 2.81
460 Janesville city, WI 2.79
461 Burbank city, CA 2.75
462 New Braunfels city, TX 2.72
463 Vista city, CA 2.69
464 Santa Cruz city, CA 2.68
465 Beaverton city, OR 2.67
465 Hillsboro city, OR 2.67
466 San Ramon city, CA 2.63
467 Anaheim city, CA 2.57
468 Clovis city, CA 2.56
469 Bismarck city, ND 2.55
470 Rio Rancho city, NM 2.54
471 Nashua city, NH 2.51
471 Cheyenne city, WY 2.51
472 Lawrence city, MA 2.50
473 Roseville city, CA 2.48
473 Salt Lake City city, UT 2.48

Ranking of Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone for Each State from Census 2020

Use the links below to see the ranking of cities and places by the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone for each of the following states, based on data from the US 2020 decennial Census.