List of African-American neighborhoods
This is a list of African-American neighborhoods. The list contains the names of cities, districts, and neighborhoods in the U.S. that are predominantly African American or that are strongly associated with African-American culture²— either currently or historically. Included are areas that contain high concentrations of blacks or African Americans. Not counted are Afro-Caribbeans, Afro-Latinos, and Sub-Saharan African immigrants.
The largest African-American community is in Detroit, Michigan.[1] About 80 percent of the city population is African-American.
A quarter of Metro Detroit (Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties) are African-American.
Neighborhoods[]
Alabama[]Birmingham
Black Belt of Alabama – 18 counties in Alabama, a total of 52% African-American population.[2] Hobson City Mobile Montgomery Prichard White Hall Alaska[]Anchorage Fairbanks Arizona[]Flagstaff: Southside Miracle Valley Mobile Phoenix
Randolph Tucson: Dunbar Spring Arkansas[]Altheimer Conway Dumas Gould Grady Helena and West Helena Jonesboro Lake Village Little Rock
Pine Bluff Stuttgart West Memphis California[]Allensworth in Tulare County (historical) West Anaheim – formerly Manchester Avenue. Now along Magnolia Street.[citation needed] Antelope Valley[3] Avenal Bakersfield[4]
Berkeley
Blacks Beach, Santa Monica (historic). Bruce's Beach, Manhattan Beach (historic). California City[5] Chowchilla Woodland Park, Chula Vista[6] 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
Hayward – communities found in Jackson Triangle, North Hayward, and Upper B Street areas.
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Marin City Oakland[13]
Orinda Pasadena (esp southwest side and South Pasadena)[14] Pinole Pittsburg Richmond
Riverside –
Nearby cities:
Sacramento
San Bernardino area –
Nearby cities:
San Diego
San Diego area-
San Francisco
San Jose
Bristol Street, McFadden Avenue, Raitt Street and Santa Ana Boulevard in Santa Ana[17] Santa Rosa - South Park (historic), and Eritrean communities in Northcoast Street/Piner Road area Seaside Stockton[18]
Suisun City (20%) – Solano County. Susanville Vallejo
Val Verde resort (historic). 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) Colorado[]Aurora Colorado Springs
Denver
Fountain San Miguel County
Connecticut[]Bloomfield Blue Hills Bridgeport[19] Capaco Danbury North End, Hartford Middletown New Haven
New London Norwalk Stamford Waterbury District of Columbia[](Washington, D.C.) Peaking at 75% black in the mid-1970s after five previous decades of the Great 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]
Florida[]Angola Collier County
East Dunbar, Fort Myers Fort Lauderdale
Gretna Hillsborough County
* New Tampa, Florida
Jacksonville Lee County
Miami and Miami-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 Georgia[]Atlanta - majority African-American.
Albany[22] Augusta[23] Bellevue, Macon Cairo Clayton County
Douglasville Hancock County Hinesville Jefferson County Lithonia Savannah Sea Islands (southern coast), home to the Gullah and Geechee peoples (African creoles). Stewart County Stone Mountain
Talbot County Idaho[]
Illinois[]Cairo Chicago
Joliet
Kankakee County
Peoria
Pulaski County St. Clair County
Indiana[]Gary
Indianapolis
Merrillville Washington Township, Randolph County (outside Lynn – 1% while it's higher outside Lynn) Iowa[]Cedar Rapids Des Moines
Quad Cities area
Kansas[]Cherokee Township (Weir, Kansas) Dodge City Kansas City, Kansas ("Exoduster" historic site) [24] [25] Wichita
Kentucky[]Lexington
Louisville
Paducah – While the city itself is about 25% African American, the city school district's high school is about 50% African American. Russellville Louisiana[]Acadiana region in Louisiana has several historically African-American majority towns. Bastrop Baton Rouge Black Belt of Louisiana[26] - , Mossville, St. Maurice and Washington. Mississippi Delta region. Natchitoches New Orleans
Shreveport Tallulah Maine[]Kennedy Park, Portland Maryland[]Anne Arundel County
Baltimore
Ridge near St. Inigoes Somerset County
Massachusetts[]Boston
Brockton Everett Lowell Lynn Malden Medford
New Bedford Oak Bluffs- (sizable affluent Black-African American community, esp. tourism and seasonal residences) Randolph Springfield Worcester
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Michigan[]Bay City Benton Harbor – site of 2003 riots Beverly Hills Birmingham Bloomfield area-
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%. Minnesota[]Minneapolis
Rochester
Saint Paul
Mississippi[]Black Belt of Mississippi – Large African-American majority region.[29] Byhalia Clarksdale - 68% black Davis Bend, Mississippi/Louisiana. Falcon – 98% black. Russ College Jackson University Park/Palisades Leland - 2/3 of the town is black. Mississippi Delta region. Mound Bayou – 98% black. Tougaloo Yazoo City Missouri[]Hayti Heights Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Louis County
Nebraska[]Omaha - most live in Northeast Omaha. Nevada[]
New Jersey[]
New Mexico[]Albuquerque[31]
New York[]Albany
Buffalo
Mount Vernon Nassau County
New York City
Orange County
Poughkeepsie (site of 1927 race riot) Rochester Rockland County
Suffolk County
Syracuse
White Plains Yonkers
North Carolina[]Eastland, Charlotte Hayti, Durham Emorywoods Estate, Durham, North Carolina Elizabeth City Goldsboro Greensboro – 40.6% black, historic black city in the South since slavery, colonial times, Civil rights and the Civil war.[34] Henderson James City[35] Kinston[36] (62% black) Matthews Formerly Tank Town Oxford Princeville Raleigh
Rocky Mount Roxboro Tarboro Williamston Woodland (45/45% split black/white) Ohio[]Akron Canton Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
East Jackson-Waverly Newark Springfield Toledo
Warren Youngstown
Oklahoma[]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 nearby Kansas. One example is not to be confused with Freedom in the western half of the state.[61] "All-Black" settlements that were part of the Land Run of 1889.[62]
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[63] Oklahoma City
Tahlequah East side Tulsa – 15% black city
Turley – 20–25% Black Oregon[]Portland Pennsylvania[]Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Rhode Island[]Pawtucket Providence
South Carolina[]South Carolina is part of the Black Belt geological formation
Allendale Bennettsville Charleston Columbia
Greenville Lake City Marion North Charleston Orangeburg
Ridgeland Rock Hill (38.3%) Sea Islands (South Carolina coast, home to the Gullah and Geechee peoples (African creoles). Sumter (47.03%) Tennessee[]Jackson Knoxville Memphis
Nashville
Whiteville[64] Texas[]Austin Bastrop Beaumont Bedford Bryan Conroe
Dallas
Dallas County
East Texas has some Black majority towns. Euless Fort Worth
Galveston Golden Triangle (Texas), the area outlined by Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange. Grand Prairie[68] Houston
Huntsville Hurst Irving[70]
Jacksonville Killeen Longview Lufkin Mexia Moore Station (98.91%) Navasota - 30-40% black. Pflugerville Port Arthur Round Rock
San Antonio
The Woodlands – In certain sections, not whole city. *
Tamina Trinity County Tyler Waco Wichita Falls
U.S. Virgin Islands[]Majority of territory residents are of black/Afro-Caribbean descent. Utah[]Most of state's blacks concentrated in Hill Air Force Base near Ogden. Historically, the diverse SugarHouse district of Salt Lake City. South Salt Lake though Latinos are more numerous. Vermont[]
Virginia[]Alexandria – Sizable black population in the area. Arlington
Danville[71] Denbigh Eastern counties of Virginia along Chesapeake Bay (Middle Peninsula). It encompasses six Virginia counties:
Franklin Henrico County
Martinsville Norfolk
Petersburg Jackson Ward, Richmond Virginia Beach Washington[]Federal Way Parkland
Seatac Seattle
Tacoma
Tukwila – est.15–20%. West Virginia[]Institute Kimball Wisconsin[]Beloit[72] Kenosha Madison[73]
Middleton Milwaukee
Racine
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See also[]
- List of U.S. cities with large African American populations
- List of U.S. communities with African American majority populations
- List of U.S. metropolitan areas with large African-American populations
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