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 culture— either currently or historically.
The largest African-American community is in Atlanta, Georgia; followed by Washington, DC; Houston, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida;[1][circular reference] and Detroit, Michigan.
[3] Hobson City Mobile Montgomery Prichard Skyline White Hall Anchorage Fairbanks Altheimer Conway Cross Roads, Arkansas Dumas Gould Grady Helena and West Helena Jonesboro Lake Village Little Rock Pine Bluff Stuttgart West Memphis Allensworth in Tulare County (historical) Antelope Valley[4] Avenal Bakersfield[5] Berkeley Blacks Beach, Santa Monica (historic).
California City[6] Chowchilla Woodland Park, Chula Vista[7] 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).
South Bay Frenchtown, Tallahassee St. Johns County Carver Ranches, West Park Atlanta - majority African-American.
Minneapolis Rochester Saint Paul Black Belt of Mississippi – Large African-American majority region.
South Sioux City[48] Albuquerque[52] Blackdom (historical; currently a ghost town) Clovis (some areas) Hobbs (some areas) Albany Buffalo Mount Vernon Nassau County New York City Orange County Poughkeepsie (site of 1927 race riot) Rochester Rockland County Suffolk County Syracuse Utica White Plains Yonkers East End/Valley Street Neighborhood, Asheville 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.
[55] Henderson James City[56] Kinston[57] (62% black) Crestdale Matthews Formerly Tank Town Oxford Princeville Raleigh Rocky Mount Roxboro Sedalia[58] Tarboro Wadesboro[59] Williamston Woodland (45/45% split black/white) Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton East Jackson-Waverly Newark Springfield Toledo Warren Warrensville Heights[84] Youngstown 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.
[86] Among the Oklahoma Territory all Black towns no longer in existence are Lincoln, Cimarron City, Bailey, Zion, Emanuel, Udora, and Douglas.
Institute Keystone Kimball Beloit[98] Brown Deer Kenosha Madison[99] Middleton Milwaukee Racine