Black Demographic Growth by city, 2010s

[murksiderock]

Source is ACS, which just released its 2018 estimates:

Census profile: Pittsburgh, PA

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/all?...ubdivision&cid=DP05_0001E&lastDisplayedRow=15

You can see what all these cities black populations were in 2010 here:

Pittsburgh, PA Population - Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts - CensusViewer

Parentheses equals the raw number of black people lost or gained since 2010...

 

[murksiderock]

Growing black populations
Austin +21.66% (13,948)
Phoenix +21.18% (19,827)

Fort Worth +19.37% (27,145)
Charlotte +18.77% (48,098)
Knoxville +17.08% (5222)
Columbus +16.31% (35,923)
Minneapolis +15.24% (10,832)
Indianapolis +11.8% (26,603)
Dallas +11.56% (34,549)
Atlanta +11.28% (25,599)
New Orleans +11.08% (22,922)
Honolulu +10.58% (620)

Orlando +8.78% (5875)
Portland +8.69% (3187)
Jacksonville +8.66% (21,869)
Raleigh +7.46% (8836)
Nashville +6.13% (10,475)
Louisville +5.82% (8068)
Las Vegas +5.6% (3630)

Memphis +4% (16,405)
San Diego +3.79% (3333)
San Antonio +3.71% (3391)
Worcester +3.69% (776)
Boston +3.52% (5296)
Greenville +2.9% (508)
Seattle +2.74% (1362)
Houston +2.57% (12,805)
Richmond +2.24% (2312)
Oklahoma City +2.18% (1907)
Bridgeport +2.15% (1074)
Washington +2.14% (6529)
Tampa +1.38% (1215)
Tulsa +1.3% (810)
Omaha +.99% (553)
Columbia +.44% (241)
Kansas City +.24% (327)

 

[murksiderock]

Declining Black Populations
Miami -20.61% (15,892)

Allentown -19.12% (2832)
Fresno -19.1% (7825)
Riverside -16.08% (3444)
Cleveland -15.48% (32,763)
Rochester -14.85% (13,051)
Pittsburgh -13.89% (11,073)
Albuquerque -13.82% (2479)
St. Louis -12.77% (20,073)
New York -12.68% (264,837)
Buffalo -12.65% (12,751)
Tacoma -12.29% (2729)
Detroit -11.87% (70,065)
Salt Lake City -11.73% (597)
Chicago -11.64% (103,342)
Oakland -10.82% (11,850)
Charleston -10.73% (3273)
Grand Rapids -10.16% (3987)
San Francisco -10.06% (4917)

Dayton -9.86% (5988)
Birmingham -9.5% (14,796)
Los Angeles -8.7% (31,768)
Newark -8.57% (12,436)
Hartford -8.34% (4031)
Cincinnati -8.1% (10,778)
Providence -6.87% (1963)
Norfolk -6.77% (7090)
Baltimore -6.74% (26,691)
Milwaukee -6.37% (15,150)
New Haven -6.15% (2827)
Sacramento -5.14% (3511)

Albany -4.37% (1316)
Philadelphia -3.92% (25,915)
Baton Rouge -2.84% (3554)
San Jose -2.68% (810)
Virginia Beach -1.86% (1602)
Denver -1.15% (709)
St. Paul -.35% (156)

 

[murksiderock]

Black Population (total pop in parentheses)
Detroit 77.3% (520,161)

Birmingham 67.4% (140,995)
Memphis 65.5% (426,092)
Baltimore 61.3% (369,090)

New Orleans 58.8% (229,793)
Baton Rouge 54.9% (121,601)
Atlanta 50.7% (252,493)

Newark 47% (132,649)
Cleveland 46.6% (178,909)
Richmond 46.2% (105,654)
St. Louis 45.3% (137,087)
Washington 44.4% (311,654)
Columbia 41% (54,778)
Cincinnati 40.4% (122,261)
Philadelphia 40.1% (635,924)
Norfolk 40% (97,582)

Dayton 38.9% (54,717)
Milwaukee 37.6% (222,619)
Rochester 36.3% (74,846)
Hartford 36.1% (44,300)
Bridgeport 35.1% (50,916)
Charlotte 34.9% (304,339)
Buffalo 34.3% (88,023)
New Haven 33.1% (43,111)
Jacksonville 30.4% (274,290)

Albany 29.6% (28,794)
Columbus 29.3% (256,164)
Indianapolis 29.2% (251,958)
Chicago 29% (784,266)
Kansas City 28% (137,867)
Nashville 27.3% (181,382)
Raleigh 27.1% (127,307)
Greenville 26.3% (18,027)
Orlando 25.5% (72,751)
Dallas 24.8% (333,542)
Louisville 23.7% (146,650)
Oakland 22.8% (97,621)
Pittsburgh 22.8% (68,637)
Tampa 22.7% (89,087)
Boston 22.4% (155,733)
Houston 22% (511,271)
New York 21.7% (1,823,673)

Minneapolis 19.3% (81,930)
Charleston 19.3% (27,218)
Knoxville 19.1% (35,789)
Virginia Beach 18.7% (84,333)
Fort Worth 18.6% (167,278)
Grand Rapids 17.6% (35,264)
Tulsa 15.7% (62,974)

Providence 14.8% (26,594)
St. Paul 14.5% (44,572)
Oklahoma City 13.7% (89,261)
Miami 13% (61,038)
Sacramento 12.8% (64,824)
National Average 12.3%
Omaha 12.1% (56,503)
Worcester 11.8% (21,832)
Las Vegas 10.6% (68,488)

Allentown 9.9% (11,980)
Tacoma 9% (19,481)
Denver 8.5% (60,726)
Los Angeles 8.4% (333,350)
Austin 8.1% (78,354)
Phoenix 6.8% (113,435)
Seattle 6.7% (49,678)
San Diego 6.4% (91,282)
Fresno 6.3% (33,135)
San Antonio 6.2% (94,671)
Portland 6.1% (39,882)
Riverside 5.5% (17,977)
San Francisco 5% (43,953)

San Jose 2.9% (29,432)
Albuquerque 2.8% (15,454)
Salt Lake City 2.2% (4491)
Honolulu 1.9% (6481)

 

[murksiderock]

NOTE:

These figures are all based on self-identified, non-Hispanic blacks, and includes anybody who self-identified with a black ethnicity (so yes, this includes Caribs). We all realize that virtually all blacks of the diaspora are "mixed" or biracial/multiracial; however, self-identified multiracial blacks only account for about 1.8% of US population, and only about 12.9% of all blacks...

The total black population is estimated to be 14.1%, population 46,261,485. That includes self-identified Afro-Latinos, blasians, black/whites, Native/blacks, etc...

Because the figures I posted specifically reference only those who represent themselves as black, it goes without saying that virtually every city's black population ticks upward once you account for all combinations of blacks. So for example, the total population of all people who identify with at least part black in NY is 26.1% (up from 21.7% just black)...

In LA, its 9.9% (8.4% just black); in Chi, its 30.7% (29%); in DC, its 47.5% (44.4%); in Houston, its 23.3% (22%). And so on and so forth...

This is just a personal thing, but just speaking for myself, alot of people who self-identify as multi-racially black dissociate themselves from the larger black experience, and because of that, I don't feel a particular sense to include those who exclude their blackness, but I'll double back and post all of the combined, total black populations if you guys request that...

And I did I similar thread as this a few months back with the 2017 ACS figures, but now that '18 is available thread needed an update and I can't find the old thread I created...

 

[UberEatsDriver]

@murksiderock

Do you have any charts for states? Just want to see if Georgia is leading the state for black growth since Atlanta doesn’t seem to be on the top of it based on your research.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Declining Black Populations
Miami -20.61% (15,892)

Allentown -19.12% (2832)
Fresno -19.1% (7825)
Riverside -16.08% (3444)
Cleveland -15.48% (32,763)
Rochester -14.85% (13,051)
Pittsburgh -13.89% (11,073)
Albuquerque -13.82% (2479)
St. Louis -12.77% (20,073)
New York -12.68% (264,837)
Buffalo -12.65% (12,751)
Tacoma -12.29% (2729)
Detroit -11.87% (70,065)
Salt Lake City -11.73% (597)
Chicago -11.64% (103,342)
Oakland -10.82% (11,850)
Charleston -10.73% (3273)
Grand Rapids -10.16% (3987)
San Francisco -10.06% (4917)

Dayton -9.86% (5988)
Birmingham -9.5% (14,796)
Los Angeles -8.7% (31,768)
Newark -8.57% (12,436)
Hartford -8.34% (4031)
Cincinnati -8.1% (10,778)
Providence -6.87% (1963)
Norfolk -6.77% (7090)
Baltimore -6.74% (26,691)
Milwaukee -6.37% (15,150)
New Haven -6.15% (2827)
Sacramento -5.14% (3511)

Albany -4.37% (1316)
Philadelphia -3.92% (25,915)
Baton Rouge -2.84% (3554)
San Jose -2.68% (810)
Virginia Beach -1.86% (1602)
Denver -1.15% (709)
St. Paul -.35% (156)

Most of the list is not surprising since most of these cities are either run down or very expensive cities battling gentrification but I’d like to know the backstory of the cities i bolded and why black people are leaving these places.

 

[Cel 510 kid ados forever]

Charlotte is becoming a black mecca of some sorts not surprised by the growth there


Minneapolis and Phoenix is suprising from a growth perspective I didn't know many blacks lived there.

declining

u see 5 cali cities not suprising.

the cali rent kicking them out with gentrification.

Chicago suprising I didn't expect a decline from the chi

but overall what I would expect from most cities

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Charlotte is becoming a black mecca of some sorts not surprised by the growth there


Minneapolis and Phoenix is suprising from a growth perspective I didn't know many blacks lived there.

declining

u see 5 cali cities not suprising.

the cali rent kicking them out with gentrification.

Chicago suprising I didn't expect a decline from the chi

but overall what I would expect from most cities

I’d like to know why black people are leaving both Chicago and Philly.

But I know crime is probably a big reason for it.

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

Austin Texas?

What the hell that gotta be a damn lie! All I see is black folk moving OUT.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Austin Texas?

What the hell that gotta be a damn lie! All I see is black folk moving OUT.

When I traveled to New Orleans last week many of the black residents felt the same way about their city.

Must be another class of black folks moving in.

 

[REdefinition]

Black Population (total pop in parentheses)
Detroit 77.3% (520,161)

Birmingham 67.4% (140,995)
Memphis 65.5% (426,092)
Baltimore 61.3% (369,090)

New Orleans 58.8% (229,793)
Baton Rouge 54.9% (121,601)
Atlanta 50.7% (252,493)

Newark 47% (132,649)
Cleveland 46.6% (178,909)
Richmond 46.2% (105,654)
St. Louis 45.3% (137,087)
Washington 44.4% (311,654)
Columbia 41% (54,778)
Cincinnati 40.4% (122,261)
Philadelphia 40.1% (635,924)
Norfolk 40% (97,582)

Dayton 38.9% (54,717)
Milwaukee 37.6% (222,619)
Rochester 36.3% (74,846)
Hartford 36.1% (44,300)
Bridgeport 35.1% (50,916)
Charlotte 34.9% (304,339)
Buffalo 34.3% (88,023)
New Haven 33.1% (43,111)
Jacksonville 30.4% (274,290)

Albany 29.6% (28,794)
Columbus 29.3% (256,164)
Indianapolis 29.2% (251,958)
Chicago 29% (784,266)
Kansas City 28% (137,867)
Nashville 27.3% (181,382)
Raleigh 27.1% (127,307)
Greenville 26.3% (18,027)
Orlando 25.5% (72,751)
Dallas 24.8% (333,542)
Louisville 23.7% (146,650)
Oakland 22.8% (97,621)
Pittsburgh 22.8% (68,637)
Tampa 22.7% (89,087)
Boston 22.4% (155,733)
Houston 22% (511,271)
New York 21.7% (1,823,673)

Minneapolis 19.3% (81,930)
Charleston 19.3% (27,218)
Knoxville 19.1% (35,789)
Virginia Beach 18.7% (84,333)
Fort Worth 18.6% (167,278)
Grand Rapids 17.6% (35,264)
Tulsa 15.7% (62,974)

Providence 14.8% (26,594)
St. Paul 14.5% (44,572)
Oklahoma City 13.7% (89,261)
Miami 13% (61,038)
Sacramento 12.8% (64,824)
National Average 12.3%
Omaha 12.1% (56,503)
Worcester 11.8% (21,832)
Las Vegas 10.6% (68,488)

Allentown 9.9% (11,980)
Tacoma 9% (19,481)
Denver 8.5% (60,726)
Los Angeles 8.4% (333,350)
Austin 8.1% (78,354)
Phoenix 6.8% (113,435)
Seattle 6.7% (49,678)
San Diego 6.4% (91,282)
Fresno 6.3% (33,135)
San Antonio 6.2% (94,671)
Portland 6.1% (39,882)
Riverside 5.5% (17,977)
San Francisco 5% (43,953)

San Jose 2.9% (29,432)
Albuquerque 2.8% (15,454)
Salt Lake City 2.2% (4491)
Honolulu 1.9% (6481)

Greensboro 40.5% (119,500) Way bigger black pop than half those cities

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

When I traveled to New Orleans last week many of the black residents felt the same way about their city.

Must be another class of black folks moving in.

Gotta be black immigrants.

I see alot of Nigerians in Austin now.

Just saying. Some of em cool as hell.

 

[desjardins]

Might need to look at this relative to total growth. When I was in Austin I barely saw any blacks, that 13K that came might be part of the overall Austin boom recently

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

Might need to look at this relative to total growth. When I was in Austin I barely saw any blacks, that 13K that came might be part of the overall Austin boom recently

Most likely.

These hella jobs out here