Question: which us city has the largest african american population
Answer: 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 5 594,217 5 498,466 8 11,751 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