Birmingham Black Belt of Alabama – 18 counties in Alabama, a total of 52% African-American population.[3] Hobson City Mobile Montgomery Prichard Skyline White Hall Fairbanks - Arcadia, Maricopa County, Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona
- Chandler, Maricopa County Southeast of Phoenix, next to Gilbert
- Dunbar Spring Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
- Gilbert, Maricopa County
- Glendale, Maricopa County
- Goodyear, Maricopa County
- Marana, Pima County, Northwest of Tucson
- Maryvale Phoenix
- Randolph, Pinal County (historical)
- Scottsdale Maricopa County
- Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona
Altheimer Conway Cross Roads, Arkansas Dumas Gould Grady Helena andWest Helena Jonesboro Lake Village Little Rock Pine Bluff Stuttgart West Memphis Allensworth inTulare County (historical) Antelope Valley[4] Avenal Bakersfield[5] - Lakeview
- Oleander/Sunset
- Southwest Bakersfield
Berkeley Blacks Beach,Santa Monica (historic). Bruce's Beach,Manhattan Beach (historic). California City[6] Chowchilla Woodland Park,Chula Vista[7] Corcoran East Palo Alto – one of Silicon Valley's largest Black percentage cities, declined from a Black majority or plurality in 1970s and 1980s (17% from 2010) Emeryville Fairfield Folsom (historic Negro Bar). Fresno - Edison (Southwest Fresno)
Hayward – communities found in Jackson Triangle, North Hayward, and Upper B Street areas. Long Beach – Concentrated near north of 10th Street and south of Willow Street, east of Long Beach Boulevard and west of Walnut Avenue.[9] Los Angeles Los Angeles County Marin City Merced - Loughborough, North Merced
- Childs Ave, South Merced
- Glen Ave, East Merced
Oakland[18] Pasadena (esp southwest side andSouth Pasadena)[19] Pinole Pittsburg Richmond Riverside – - Blaine Park.
- East Side Riverside – along University and Chicago Avenues.
- North End Riverside.
- Raincross Square – downtown.
- University City.
- University Heights.
Nearby cities: Sacramento Nearby cities: San Bernardino area – - Downtown San Bernardino.
- Indian Springs, near Seccombe Lake Park.
- Mount Vernon Avenue.
- University District, San Bernardino (Kendall Farms and North Park).
- Waterman-North End.
- West Side San Bernardino.
Nearby cities: San Diego San Diego area- San Francisco San Jose Bristol Street, McFadden Avenue, Raitt Street and Santa Ana Boulevard inSanta Ana[23] Santa Clara[24] Santa Rosa -South Park (historic), and Black/Eritrean communities in Northcoast Street/Piner Road area Seaside[25] Stockton[26] - Downtown Stockton
- Kentfield
- Weberstown
Suisun City (20%) –Solano County. Susanville Tehachapi Vallejo Val Verde resort (historic). Weed - Lincoln Heights (mostly burned down in September 2022 fire; parts of Weed have some Black residents but fewer compared to mid-20th century when most of the Black community worked on the railroads).
Mono Lake and nearby Bishop, Mammoth Lakes and Round Valley developed large Black percentages near the NV state line. Blythe, Big River, Havasu and Needles near the AZ state line. And towards Oregon (Siskiyou county) and the Mexican border (Imperial valley) Aurora Colorado Springs - Southeast Colorado Springs
Denver Fountain Bloomfield Blue Hills Bridgeport[27] Capaco Danbury North End,Hartford Middletown New Haven New London Norwalk Stamford Waterbury (Washington, D.C.) Peaking at 75% black in the mid-1970s after five previous decades of theGreat Migration increased the black population five-fold, DC is 46–49% black in 2018. DC remains the largest African-American percentage population of any state or territory in the mainland US.[citation needed] Angola Collier County East Dunbar,Fort Myers Fort Lauderdale Gretna Hillsborough County *New Tampa, Florida Jacksonville Lee County Miami andMiami-Dade County Orange County Newtown,Palatka Kendall Green,Pompano Beach Palm Beach County Pasco County Polk County Prospect Bluff Historic Sites Riviera Beach Rosewood (historic) Fort Mose Historic State Park,St. Augustine Sanford Sea Islands (northern coast), home to the Gullah and Geechee peoples (African creoles). South Bay Frenchtown,Tallahassee St. Johns County Carver Ranches,West Park Atlanta - majority African-American. Albany[30] Augusta[31] Bellevue,Macon Cairo Clayton County Douglasville Hancock County Hinesville Jefferson County Lithonia Macon Savannah Sea Islands (southern coast), home to theGullah andGeechee peoples (African creoles). Stewart County Stone Mountain Talbot County Cairo Chicago - South Side
- West Side
- North Side
- Suburbs
Joliet Kankakee County Peoria Pulaski County St. Clair County Gary Indianapolis Merrillville Washington Township, Randolph County (outside Lynn – 1% while it's higher outside Lynn) Cedar Rapids Des Moines Quad Cities area Saylorville Cherokee Township (Weir, Kansas) Dodge City Kansas City, Kansas Morton City, Kansas ("Exoduster" historic site)[45][46] Wichita Junction City[47] Lexington Louisville Paducah – While the city itself is about 25% African American, thecity school district'shigh school is about 50% African American. Russellville Acadiana region in Louisiana has several historically African-American majority towns. Alexandria[48] Bastrop Baton Rouge Black Belt of Louisiana[49] -Bobtown,Mossville,St. Maurice andWashington. Donaldsonville Edgar Grambling Jeanerette Lafayette Lake Charles Mississippi Delta region. Monroe Natchitoches New Orleans Opelousas Shreveport Tallulah Wallace Kennedy Park,Portland Anne Arundel County Baltimore Baltimore County Berry Road area (MD route 228). Charles County Montgomery County Prince George's County Ridge nearSt. Inigoes St. Mary's County Somerset County Boston Other places in MA
| Bay City Benton Harbor – site of 2003 riots Beverly Hills Birmingham Bloomfield area- - Bloomfield Village
- Charing Cross
- Circle
- Oak Grove
Bloomfield Hills West Bloomfield[citation needed] Detroit Flint Hamtramck Highland Park Inkster Jackson Kalamazoo Lansing Midland Muskegon Heights Pontiac Saginaw Southfield Warren – est. 15–20%. Minneapolis Rochester Saint Paul Black Belt of Mississippi – Large African-American majority region.[53] Byhalia Clarksdale - 68% black Davis Bend, Mississippi/Louisiana. Falcon – 98% black. Russ College Jackson - Georgetown
- Queens-Magnolia Terrace
- Shady Oaks
- Stadium Side
- Presidential Hills
- Virden Addition
- Washington Addition
University Park/Palisades Leland - 2/3 of the town is black. Mississippi Delta region. Mound Bayou – 98% black. Tougaloo Yazoo City Charleston[54] Hayti Heights Kansas City St. Louis St. Louis County Bellevue[55] Lincoln[55] Omaha - Northeast, Omaha South Sioux City[55] Albuquerque[59] Blackdom (historical; currently a ghost town) Clovis (some areas) Hobbs (some areas) Albany Buffalo Mount Vernon Niagara Falls Nassau County New York City Orange County Poughkeepsie (site of 1927 race riot) Rochester Rockland County Suffolk County Syracuse Utica White Plains Yonkers East End/Valley Street Neighborhood, Asheville Eastland, Charlotte Hayti, Durham Emorywoods Estate, Durham, NorthCarolina Elizabeth City Goldsboro Greensboro – 40.6% black, historic black city in the South since slavery, colonial times, Civil rights and the Civil war.[62] Henderson James City[63] Kinston[64] (62% black) CrestdaleMatthews Formerly Tank Town Oxford Princeville Raleigh Rocky Mount Roxboro Sedalia[65] Tarboro Wadesboro[66] Williamston Woodland (45/45% split black/white) Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton East Jackson-Waverly Newark Springfield Toledo Warren Warrensville Heights[91] Youngstown Oklahoma has a few surviving all-black or African-American majority towns as a result of the Land Rush of 1889, similar to the Exodusters after the Civil War (1860s) to nearbyKansas. One example isFreedom not to be confused withFreedom in the western half of the state.[92] "All-Black" settlements that were part of theLand Run of 1889.[93] Among the Oklahoma Territory all Black towns no longer in existence are Lincoln, Cimarron City, Bailey, Zion, Emanuel, Udora, and Douglas. Bristow – 10% Black Eufaula Langston[94] Oklahoma City Tahlequah East side Tulsa – 15% black city Turley – 20–25% Black Portland Eugene[95] Philadelphia - City neighborhoods
- Suburbs
Pittsburgh - City neighborhoods
- Suburbs
Pawtucket Providence - Federal Hill – developed sizable black population since the 1960s.
- Mount Hope
- South Providence
South Carolina is part of theBlack Belt geological formation Acabee Allendale Bennettsville Charleston Columbia Greenville Lake City Marion North Charleston Orangeburg Red Top Ridgeland Rock Hill (38.3%) Sea Islands (South Carolina coast, home to theGullah andGeechee peoples (African creoles). Sumter (47.03%) Chattanooga[96] Denmark Dyersburg Jackson Knoxville Memphis Nashville Whiteville[97] Austin Austin suburbs - Bastrop - Black population, 965 (9.96%) in 2020 Census
- Hornsby Bend - Black population, 2,208 (18.15%) in 2020 Census
- Hutto - Black population, 3,459 (12.54%) in 2020 Census
- Pflugerville - Black population, 9,624 (14.76%) in 2020 Census
- Round Rock - Black population, 11,552 (9.67%) in 2020 Census
- Wells Branch - Black population, 2,426 (17.33%) in 2020 Census
- Windemere - Black population, 16.82% in 2010 Census
Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange (Golden Triangle area)[98] - Beaumont - Black population, 54,034 (46.87%) in 2020 Census
- Port Arthur - Black population, 21,046 (37.56%) in 2020 Census
- Orange - Black population, 6,795 (35.16%) in 2020 Census
Central Texas - Waco-College Station area. - Bryan - Black population, 12,876 (15.33%) in 2020 Census
- Calvert - Black population, 482 (50.10%) in 2020 Census
- Navasota - Black population, 2,018 (26.40%) in 2020 Census
- Waco - Black population, 26,844 (19.38%) in 2020 Census
Corpus Christi Texas, Nueces County Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Dallas Dallas County - Cedar Hill - Black population, 25,790 (52.47%) in 2020 Census
- DeSoto - Black population, 38,971 (69.41%) in 2020 Census
- Duncanville - Black population, 12,085 (29.69%) in 2020 Census
- Grand Prairie[99] - Black population, 46,360 (23.64%) in 2020 Census
- Irving[100] - Black population, 31,714 (12.36%) in 2020 Census
- Lancaster - Black population, 27,078 (65.60%) in 2020 Census
Fort Worth Tarrant County - Arlington - Black population, 88,230 (22.38%) in 2020 Census
- Mansfield - Black population, 15,539 (21.40%) in 2020 Census
- Euless - Black population, 9,626 (15.77%) in 2020 Census
- Forest Hill - Black population, 5,490 (39.34%) in 2020 Census
- Bedford - Black population, 5,693 (11.40%) in 2020 Census
- Hurst - Black population, 3,996 (9.89%) in 2020 Census
East Texas has some Black majority towns. Also known as the Big Thicket, and Piney Woods region[101] - Ames - Black population, 700 (74.71%) in 2020 Census
- Athens - Black population, 2,059 (16.01%) in 2020 Census
- Browndell - Black population, 78 (48.75%) in 2020 Census
- Cuney - Black population, 69 (59.48%) in 2020 Census
- Domino - Black population, 59 (83.10%) in 2020 Census
- Goodlow - Black population, 133 (74.70%) in 2020 Census
- Huntsville - Black population, 11,420 (24.86%) in 2020 Census
- Jasper - Black population, 3,101 (45.45%) in 2020 Census
- Lufkin - Black population, 9,045 (26.49%) in 2020 Census
- Nacogdoches - Black population, 8,376 (26.06%) in 2020 Census
- San Augustine - Black population, 968 (50.42%) in 2020 Census
- Seven Oaks - Black population, 28 (41.20%) in 2020 Census
Houston Houston Suburbs - Barrett - Black population, 2,324 (44.50%) in 2020 Census
- Baytown - Black population, 13,652 (16.31%) in 2020 Census
- Conroe - Black population, 8,951 (9.95%) in 2020 Census
- Freeport - Black population, 13,690 (55.91%) in 2020 Census
- Fresno - Black population, 2,426 (17.33%) in 2020 Census
- Galveston - Black population, 8,785 (16.36%) in 2020 Census
- Hempstead[102] - Black population, 1,760 (32.41%) in 2020 Census
- Kendleton - Black population, 220 (64.10%) in 2020 Census
- Manvel - Black population, 2,661 (26.63%) in 2020 Census
- Missouri City - Black population, 30,146 (40.6%) in 2020 Census
- Prairie View - Black population, 6,712 (82.01%) in 2020 Census
- Spring, Texas - Black population, 15,492 (24.76%) in 2020 Census
- Pearland, Texas - Black population, 24,482 (19.46%) in 2020 Census
- Tamina
- Waller - Black population, 458 (17.08%) in 2020 Census
- Willis - Black population, 1,076 (16.73%) in 2020 Census
Killeen-Temple (Bell County) - Killeen - Black population, 54,109 (35.34%) in 2020 Census
- Temple - Black population, 12,031 (14.66%) in 2020 Census
- Harker Heights - Black population, 7,198 (21.75%) in 2020 Census
- Copperas Cove - Black population, 6,431 (17.54%) in 2020 Census
- Fort Cavazos - Black population, 4,521 (16.00%) in 2020 Census
Northeast Texas - Corsicana - Black population, 4,782 (19.04%) in 2020 Census
- Easton[103] - Black population, 259 (51.9%) in 2020 Census
- Henderson - Black population, 3,052 (23.0%) in 2020 Census
- Jacksonville - Black population, 2,747 (19.63%) in 2020 Census
- Longview - Black population, 19,173 (23.49%) in 2020 Census
- Marshall - Black population, 8,368 (35.77%) in 2020 Census
- Mexia - Black population, 2,086 (30.26%) in 2020 Census
- Moore Station - Black population, 142 (88.75%) in 2020 Census
- Neylandville - Black population, 29 (43.28%) in 2020 Census
- Palestine - Black population, 4,439 (23.94%) in 2020 Census
- Scottsville - Black population, 138 (41.30%) in 2020 Census
- Texarkana - Black population, 13,565 (37.48%) in 2020 Census
- Toco - Black population, 56 (61.54%) in 2020 Census
- Tyler - Black population, 24,126 (22.76%) in 2020 Census
San Antonio San Antonio suburbs - Cibolo - Black population, 5,017 (15.54%)
- Converse - Black population, 5,655 (20.59%)
- Kirby - Black population, 1,095 (13.45%)
- Lackland AFB - Black population, 1,762 (18.61%)
- Martinez - Black population, 5,855 (25.59%)
- Schertz - Black population, 4,821 (11.48%)
- Universal City - Black population, 1,880 (9.53%)
Wichita Falls Majority of territory residents are of black/Afro-Caribbean descent. Most of state's blacks concentrated inHill Air Force Base nearOgden. Historically, the diverse SugarHouse district ofSalt Lake City. Alexandria – Black population, at 31,314 (19.64%) in 2020 Census. Arlington County – Black population, at 20,330 (8.52%) in 2020 Census. Charles City County – Black population, at 2,836 (41.87%) in 2020 Census. Chase City -Mecklenburg County Cheasapeake Clarksville - Mecklenburg County Courtland -Southampton County Danville[104] Dendron (51.2%) -Surry County Eastern counties of Virginia along Chesapeake Bay (Middle Peninsula).It encompasses six Virginia counties: Emporia (56.2%) -Greensville County Franklin (52.3%) Hampton Hopewell Kenbridge -Lunenburg County Lawrenceville (64.6%) -Brunswick County Lynchburg Martinsville Nassawadox (54.9%) -Northampton County Newport News - Christopher Shores-Stuart Gardens
- East End
Norfolk Petersburg Portsmouth Richmond -Henrico County Roanoke Smithfield -Isle of Wight County South Boston -Halifax County South Hill - Mecklenburg County Suffolk Wakefield (51.3%) -Sussex County Waverly (61.8%) - Sussex County Williamsburg Virginia Beach Federal Way Parkland - Lake City
- Park Lodge (central area)
Seatac Seattle Tacoma Tukwila – est.15–20%. Institute Keystone Kimball Beloit[105] Brown Deer Kenosha Madison[106] - Burke Heights
- Burr Oaks
- Nobel Park
- Park Ridge
- Walnut Grove
- Wexford Ridge
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