FAU USA Bureau

Members of racial and ethnic minority groups are projected to become the majority of America’s population in the next 30 years.  African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans (citizens or residents of the United States) with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa. The term may also be used to include only those individuals who are descended from enslaved Africans. As a compound adjective the term is usually hyphenated as African-American. In the Friends of the African Union  all are members of the African Union by practice if not by law.

Black and African Americans constitute the second largest racial and ethnic group that are citizens in the United States after White Americans and before Hispanic and Latino Americans if one counts citizenship and voting rights.

Rank	City	% Black or African American	Black Mayor   Black Council Black Congress Person	Total Black or African American
1	Detroit, MI	82.7		590,226
2	Jackson, MS	79.4		137,716
3	Chester, PA	77.8		26,429
4	Miami Gardens, FL	76.3		81,776
5	Orangeburg, SC	75.04		13,964
6	Birmingham, AL	73.4		155,791
7	Wilkinsburg, PA	69.8		11,118
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[3]	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[4]	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[4]	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	Paterson, NJ	31.7		46,314
65	Greenville, SC	31.5		18,422
66	Huntsville, AL	31.2		56,229
67	Brockton, MA	31.2		30,147
68	Jacksonville, FL	30.7		252,421
69	Kansas City, MO	29.9		137,540
70	Raleigh, NC	29.3		117,160
71	Pittsburgh, PA	28.6		87,398
72	Orlando, FL	28.1		66,876
73	Columbus, OH	28.0		220,241
74	Oakland, CA	28.0		109,471
75	Hawthorne, CA	27.7		23,385
76	Upper Darby, PA	27.5		22,769
77	Indianapolis, IN	27.2		226,671
78	Toledo, OH	27.2		69,243
79	Kansas City, KS	26.8		39,080
80	Richmond, CA	26.6		27,542
81	South Bend, IN	26.6		26,906
82	Tampa, FL	26.2		87,872
83	Charleston, SC	25.4		30,491
84	Boston, MA	24.4		150,437
85	Queens, NY[4]	20.1		446,098
86	Minneapolis, MN	18.6		71,160
87	Victorville, CA	16.8		19,483
88	Port St. Lucie, FL	16.3		27,876
89	Oklahoma City, OK	15.1		87,354
90	San Bernardino, CA	15.0		31,582
91	Sacramento, CA	14.6		68,335