Afrikawan Amurka sune duk mutumin da ke zaune a Amurka kuma yake magana da Ingilishi, amma kakanninsu 'yan Afirka ne. Hakanan yana iya bayyana ƙarni na farko da ya fara ƙaura zuwa Afirka wanda ke da shedar zama ɗan ƙasa a Amurka. Mafi mahimmanci, ana amfani dashi don mutanen asalin Afirka waɗanda ke zaune a wani wuri a cikin Amurka. Kalmar galibi ana danganta ta da "baƙar fata". Wannan saboda yawancin baƙar fata 'yan Afirka ne saboda samun kakannin Afirka na Saharar. Yawancin 'yan Afirka an kawo su Amurka don cinikin bayi. Yawancin jama'ar Amurka (musamman a yawancin birane ko yankuna birni) Ba'amurken Afirka ne. Wasu da yawa suna zaune a yankunan karkara a Kudancin Amurka. Detroit tana da mafi yawan baƙar fata a cikin ƙasar, kuma da yawa suna zaune a wasu manyan biranen. Garuruwan da suke da kaso mafi tsoka na Amurkawan Afirka sune Jackson, Mississippi; New Orleans; Memphis; Gidan Aljanna na Miami; da Savannah, Georgia. New York da Chicago suna da mafi yawan jama'ar Amurkawa Amurkawa. Sauran biranen da ke da yawan jama'ar Afirka baƙi sune Baltimore, Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Baton Rouge, Washington DC, da Dallas.