List of U.S. cities with large African - American populations - wikipedia List of U.S. cities with large African - American populations This is a list of the United States cities over 100,000 people that have populations that are over 30 % Black or African American. Statistics include Black people regardless of nationality. Cities with the highest percentage of Blacks or African Americans in 2010. There are 19 American cities with populations over 100,000 that have majority ( over 50 % ) Black or African - American populations. These cities are located in the following 13 states : Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C. Contents 1 Cities with the highest percentage of Blacks or African - Americans 2 Cities with the highest number of Black or African American people 3 Select cities with a large percentage of Black or African American people 4 See also 5 Notes and references Cities with the highest percentage of Blacks or African - Americans Top Ten cities with 100,000 or more total population and the highest percentages of Blacks or African - Americans, alone or with other races City Total Population Black or African American, alone or with other races Black or African American, alone Mixed - race Black / African - American Rank Percentage of total population Rank Percentage of total population Rank Percentage of total population Detroit, MI 713,777 84.3 82.7 83 1.6 Jackson, MS 173,514 80.1 79.4 242 0.7 Miami Gardens, FL 107,167 77.9 76.3 91 1.6 Birmingham, AL 212,237 74.0 73.4 257 0.6 Baltimore, MD 620,961 5 65.1 5 63.7 134 1.3 Memphis, TN 646,889 6 64.1 6 63.3 225 0.8 New Orleans, LA 343,831 7 61.2 7 60.2 184 1.0 Flint, MI 102,434 8 59.5 9 56.6 9 2.9 Montgomery, AL 205,764 9 57.4 8 56.6 231 0.8 Savannah, GA 136,286 10 56.7 10 55.4 139 1.3 Ten cities with 100,000 or more total population and the highest percentage `` Black in combination '' ( mixed with other races ) City Total population Black or African American, alone or mixed with other races Black or African American, alone Mixed - race Black / African - American Rank Percent of total population Rank Percent of total population Rank Percent of total population Lansing, MI 114,297 69 27.8 78 23.7 4.1 Tacoma, WA 198,397 132 15.0 145 11.2 3.8 Killeen, TX 127,921 40 37.9 46 34.1 3.8 Syracuse, NY 145,170 51 33.1 57 29.5 3.6 Providence, RI 178,042 109 19.4 114 16.0 5 3.3 Fairfield, CA 105,321 111 19.0 118 15.7 6 3.3 Rochester, NY 210,565 29 44.9 33 41.7 7 3.2 Fayetteville, NC 200,564 31 44.8 32 41.9 8 2.9 Vallejo, CA 115,942 81 24.9 83 22.1 10 2.9 Cities with the highest number of Black or African American people Ten cities with 100,000 or more total population and the highest number of Blacks or African Americans City Total population Black or African American, alone or mixed with other races Black or African American, alone Mixed - race Black / African - American Rank Number Rank Number Rank Number New York, NY 8,175,133 2,228,145 2,088,510 139,635 Chicago, IL 2,695,598 913,009 887,608 25,401 Philadelphia, PA 1,526,006 686,870 661,839 25,031 Detroit, MI 713,777 601,988 590,226 13 11,762 Houston, TX 2,099,451 5 514,217 5 498,466 8 15,751 Memphis, TN 646,889 6 414,928 6 409,687 58 5,241 Baltimore, MD 620,961 7 403,998 7 395,781 29 8,217 Los Angeles, CA 3,792,621 8 402,448 8 365,118 37,330 Washington, DC 601,723 9 314,352 9 305,125 22 9,227 Dallas, TX 1,197,816 10 308,087 10 298,993 23 9,094 Select cities with a large percentage of Black or African American people The following data was sourced from the 2010 U.S. Census. Rank City Percentage Black or African American Total Black or African American Detroit, MI 82.7 590,226 Jackson, MS 79.4 137,716 Chester, PA 77.8 26,429 Miami Gardens, FL 76.3 81,776 5 Orangeburg, SC 75.04 13,964 6 Birmingham, AL 73.4 155,791 7 Albany, GA 71.6 55,442 8 Baltimore, MD 63.7 395,781 9 Memphis, TN 63.3 409,687 10 New Orleans, LA 60.2 206,871 11 Baton Rouge, LA 58.5 126,250 12 Wilmington, DE 58 41,326 13 Flint, MI 56.6 57,939 14 Savannah, GA 55.4 75,507 15 Augusta, GA 54.7 107,182 16 Shreveport, LA 54.7 109,022 17 Montgomery, AL 54.5 116,524 18 Atlanta, GA 54.0 226,894 19 Cleveland, OH 53.3 211,672 20 Portsmouth, VA 53.3 50,878 21 Harrisburg, PA 52.4 25,957 22 Newark, NJ 52.4 145,085 23 Valdosta, GA 51.1 27,860 24 Washington, D.C. 50.7 305,125 25 Richmond, VA 50.6 103,342 26 Mobile, AL 50.6 98,691 27 St. Louis, MO 49.2 157,160 28 Danville, VA 48.3 43,055 29 Beaumont, TX 47.3 55,931 30 North Charleston, SC 47.2 45,964 31 Jackson, TN 45.7 29,802 32 Columbus, GA 45.5 86,398 33 Cincinnati, OH 45.0 123,157 34 Saginaw, MI 44.9 23,127 35 Inglewood, California 43.9 48,164 36 Philadelphia, PA 43.4 661,839 37 Norfolk, VA 43.1 104,672 38 Dayton, OH 42.9 60,705 39 Suffolk, VA 42.7 36,120 40 Little Rock, AR 42.3 81,889 41 Columbia, SC 42.2 54,537 42 Fayetteville, NC 41.9 82,235 43 Rochester, NY 41.7 87,897 44 Durham, NC 41.0 93,517 45 Fort Pierce, FL 40.9 17,617 46 Newport News, VA 40.7 73,514 47 Greensboro, NC 40.6 109,586 48 Milwaukee, WI 40.0 237,769 49 Hartford, CT 38.7 48,331 50 Buffalo, NY 38.6 100,774 51 Penn Hills, PA 37.1 15,688 52 McKeesport, PA 36.5 7,201 53 Bronx, NY 36.5 505,200 54 New Haven, CT 35.4 45,938 55 Tallahassee, FL 35.0 63,475 56 Charlotte, NC 35.0 240,482 57 Chattanooga, TN 34.9 58,507 58 Winston - Salem, NC 34.7 79,598 59 Brooklyn, NY 34.3 860,083 60 High Point, NC 33.0 34,532 61 Chicago, IL 32.9 887,608 62 Compton, CA 32.9 31,688 63 Cheltenham, PA 32.8 12,097 64 Hopkinsville, KY 31.9 10,273 65 Paterson, NJ 31.7 46,314 66 Greenville, SC 31.5 18,422 67 Huntsville, AL 31.2 56,229 68 Brockton, MA 31.2 30,147 69 Jacksonville, FL 30.7 252,421 70 Kansas City, MO 29.9 137,540 71 Raleigh, NC 29.3 117,160 72 Orlando, FL 28.1 66,876 73 Columbus, OH 28.0 220,241 74 Oakland, CA 28.0 109,471 75 Nashville, TN 27.7 181,387 76 Hawthorne, CA 27.7 23,385 77 Upper Darby, PA 27.5 22,769 78 Indianapolis, IN 27.2 226,671 79 Toledo, OH 27.2 69,243 80 Kansas City, KS 26.8 39,080 81 Richmond, CA 26.6 27,542 82 South Bend, IN 26.6 26,906 83 Tampa, FL 26.2 87,872 84 Pittsburgh, PA 26.1 79,710 85 Charleston, SC 25.4 30,496 86 Dallas, TX 25.0 298,993 87 Boston, MA 24.4 150,437 88 Houston, TX 23.6 498,466 89 Springfield, MA 22.3 34,073 90 Louisville, KY 22.2 136,611 91 Queens, NY 20.1 446,098 92 North Las Vegas, NV 19.9 47,502 93 Virginia Beach, VA 19.6 85,935 94 Minneapolis, MN 18.6 71,160 95 Erie, PA 16.8 17,141 96 Victorville, CA 16.8 19,483 97 Port St. Lucie, FL 16.3 27,876 98 Aurora, CO 15.7 51,196 99 Manhattan, NY 15.6 246,687 100 Oklahoma City, OK 15.1 87,354 101 San Bernardino, CA 15.0 31,582 102 Sacramento, CA 14.6 68,335 103 Lexington, KY 14.5 46,110 104 Bowling Green, KY 13.9 9,067 See also African American portal List of U.S. states by African - American population List of U.S. metropolitan areas with large African - American populations List of U.S. communities with African American majority populations List of African American neighborhoods Demographics of the United States Notes and references Notes Jump up ^ The United States Census Bureau defines a `` Black or African American '' as `` ( a ) person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as ' Black, African Am., or Negro ' ; or report entries such as African American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian. '' References ^ Jump up to : The Black Population : 2010 ( PDF ) ( Report ). U.S. Census Bureau. Table 7. Jump up ^ The Black Population : 2010 ( PDF ) ( Report ). U.S. Census Bureau. Table 6. Jump up ^ 2010 census figures for Saginaw Archived 2011 - 05 - 20 at the Wayback Machine. ^ Jump up to : Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Queens are not cities, but rather boroughs of New York City. 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Question: what city in the us has the largest african american population
Answer: Detroit, MI