Percent of Black folks in each states

[BaileyPark31]

While driving through one of those states I straight up had a random white person walk up to me and tell me I am the first black person they've ever seen in their life. A completely random encounter in their capital city, a place I would assume has the most black people in their state.


Till this day I have no idea why he felt the need to announce this information to me.. I didn't sense any animosity from the guy, just ignorance and curiosity. Very similar to when somebody first takes a trip to the airport and sees a 747 up close.

A girl i went to nursing school with had never met a black person her entire time of growing up in Wyoming.

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

While driving through one of those states I straight up had a random white person walk up to me and tell me I am the first black person they've ever seen in their life. A completely random encounter in their capital city, a place I would assume has the most black people in their state.


Till this day I have no idea why he felt the need to announce this information to me.. I didn't sense any animosity from the guy, just ignorance and curiosity. Very similar to when somebody first takes a trip to the airport and sees a 747 up close.

Yup, there are a bunch of white people in this country that never seen a black person in real life.

 

[blqbird]

I’m surprised Maryland ain’t top five, it’s lowkey a Black ass state.

Nah, I been out rural Maryland lately for work and I thought I was deep out VA for a sec. MD always has a way of being slightly bigger than I imagine despite being a native. There’s so many cities in MD that are just bizarre-sounding.

 

[JadeB]

Yup, there are a bunch of white people in this country that never seen a black person in real life.

Yet have every opinion of us. I'm convinced that less Black people a white person grew up with, the more overtly racist they are.

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Yet have every opinion of us. I'm convinced that less Black people a white person grew up with, the more overtly racist they are.

That's a fact. All of their information about black people will come from the local news and conservative news outlets. Even outside of that we are usually shown in a negative light

 

[cyndaquil]

Cali is number 5 by population.

Yall act like we ain’t out here.

Its the ratio that does it. California is the most populated state and depending on the area you are in you will not see many black people.
If I'm in Cali I'll see a lot more black people in Inglewood than I would in San Luis Obispo.

 

[Regular Developer]

Chicago is around 28% Black.

SOURCE https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/chicagocityillinois/PST045223

Nice. Just checked Essex county in NJ. We're 41% here. Drops to just over 20% in Union country, where I grew up... Let me check these cities...

 

[The_Sheff]

Cali is number 5 by population.

Yall act like we ain’t out here.

To folks coming from states like GA or NC, yall nikkas are sparse out in Cali.

 

[Ol’Otis]

yall nikkas are sparse out in Cali.

Yes we are unfortunately

 

[Turtle]

I’m surprised Maryland ain’t top five, it’s lowkey a Black ass state.

It’s also one of the smallest states geographically so no shyt, while it has a higher percentage it just doesn’t have the same population as other states

 

[Shadow King]

I thought VA was higher but other than that sounds about right

California's black population is relatively small yet has a massive impact on American culture and consciousness

Raw total number and the resources/opportunity in California is designed to produce impact.

 

[LDC]

Don't forget memphis

Majority black cities with pop over 100k (just the cities proper not the metros):

1. South Fulton, GA - 93.26%
2. Jackson, MS - 80.45%
3. Detroit, MI - 80.38%
4. Birmingham, AL - 69.82%
5. Miami Gardens, FL - 66.97%
6. Memphis, TN - 63.34%
7. Montgomery, AL - 61.91%
8. Baltimore, MD - 60.42%
9. Augusta, GA - 58.61%
10. Shreveport, LA - 57.82%
11. New Orleans, LA - 57.02%
12. Macon, GA - 56.48%
13. Baton Rouge, LA - 55.43%
14. Hampton, VA - 53.65%
15. Newark, NJ - 53.22%
16. Mobile, AL - 53.04%
17. Cleveland, OH - 51.59%
18. Brockton, MA - 51.42%
19. Savannah, GA - 51.41%
20. Atlanta, GA - 49.51%

But if you look at the black population of overall metros tho:
1. New York, NY - 3.24 million (16.1%)
2. Atlanta, GA - 2.084 million (34.2%)
3. Chicago, IL - 1.577 million (16.4%)
4. Washington, DC - 1.562 million (24.5%)
5. Philadelphia, PA - 1.273 million (20.4%)
6. Houston, TX - 1.267 million (18%)
7. Dallas - Fort Worth, TX - 1.221 million (16%)
8. Miami, FL - 1.194 million (19.5%)
9. Detroit, MI - 961,076 (21.9%)
10. Los Angeles, CA - 848,206 (6.4%)
11. Baltimore, MD - 811,018 (28.5%)
12. Memphis, TN - 612,104 (45.8%)
13. Charlotte, NC - 581,927 (21.9%)
14. Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News, VA - 544,740 (30.3%)
15. St. Louis, MO - 506,762 (18%)
16. New Orleans, LA - 423,909 (33.3%)
17. Orlando, FL - 410,855 (15.4%)
18. Cleveland, OH - 410,206 (19.6%)
19. Tampa-St. Petetsburg, FL - 375,855 (11.8%)
20. Richmond-Petersburg, VA - 364, 714 (27.7%)
21. Boston, MA - 364,054 (7.4%)
22. Jacksonville, FL - 341,206 (21.2%)
23. Riverside-San Bernardino, CA - 341,035 (7.4%)
24. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN - 337,652 (9.1%)
25. San Francisco-Oakland, CA - 335,135 (7.1%)
26. Columbus, OH - 334,842 (15.7%)
27. Birmingham, AL - 328,242 (29.4%)
28. Indianapolis, IN - 317,192 (15%)
29. Baton Rouge, LA - 302,477 (34.7%)
30. Las Vegas, NV - 286,684 (12.7%)

 

[Samori Toure]

Majority black cities with pop over 100k (just the cities proper not the metros):

1. South Fulton, GA - 93.26%
2. Jackson, MS - 80.45%
3. Detroit, MI - 80.38%
4. Birmingham, AL - 69.82%
5. Miami Gardens, FL - 66.97%
6. Memphis, TN - 63.34%
7. Montgomery, AL - 61.91%
8. Baltimore, MD - 60.42%
9. Augusta, GA - 58.61%
10. Shreveport, LA - 57.82%
11. New Orleans, LA - 57.02%
12. Macon, GA - 56.48%
13. Baton Rouge, LA - 55.43%
14. Hampton, VA - 53.65%
15. Newark, NJ - 53.22%
16. Mobile, AL - 53.04%
17. Cleveland, OH - 51.59%
18. Brockton, MA - 51.42%
19. Savannah, GA - 51.41%
20. Atlanta, GA - 49.51%

But if you look at the black population of overall metros tho:
1. New York, NY - 3.24 million (16.1%)
2. Atlanta, GA - 2.084 million (34.2%)
3. Chicago, IL - 1.577 million (16.4%)
4. Washington, DC - 1.562 million (24.5%)
5. Philadelphia, PA - 1.273 million (20.4%)
6. Houston, TX - 1.267 million (18%)
7. Dallas - Fort Worth, TX - 1.221 million (16%)
8. Miami, FL - 1.194 million (19.5%)
9. Detroit, MI - 961,076 (21.9%)
10. Los Angeles, CA - 848,206 (6.4%)
11. Baltimore, MD - 811,018 (28.5%)
12. Memphis, TN - 612,104 (45.8%)
13. Charlotte, NC - 581,927 (21.9%)
14. Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News, VA - 544,740 (30.3%)
15. St. Louis, MO - 506,762 (18%)
16. New Orleans, LA - 423,909 (33.3%)
17. Orlando, FL - 410,855 (15.4%)
18. Cleveland, OH - 410,206 (19.6%)
19. Tampa-St. Petetsburg, FL - 375,855 (11.8%)
20. Richmond-Petersburg, VA - 364, 714 (27.7%)
21. Boston, MA - 364,054 (7.4%)
22. Jacksonville, FL - 341,206 (21.2%)
23. Riverside-San Bernardino, CA - 341,035 (7.4%)
24. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN - 337,652 (9.1%)
25. San Francisco-Oakland, CA - 335,135 (7.1%)
26. Columbus, OH - 334,842 (15.7%)
27. Birmingham, AL - 328,242 (29.4%)
28. Indianapolis, IN - 317,192 (15%)
29. Baton Rouge, LA - 302,477 (34.7%)
30. Las Vegas, NV - 286,684 (12.7%)

A lot of those nikkas in Atlanta are originally from Chicago. It is amazing how many Black people Chicago has lost, but they still have over a million and a half Black people.

 

[Shadow King]

Pacific Northwest is definitely lily white

Black folks are sparse up there but too many Asians and Latinos to call it lily white...at least the hubs of Seattle & Portland where people actually live

 

[LDC]

A lot of those nikkas in Atlanta are originally from Chicago. It is amazing how many Black people Chicago has lost, but they still have over a million and a half Black people.

Yea it said from 2010-2020 the Chicago Metro lost 4.19% black folk and Atlanta Metro gained 22.03%. Houston gained 23.93% and DFW gained 26.94% over that decade. Charlotte had a damn near 40% increase. Minneapolis, Columbus, Vegas and Indianapolis had pretty big % jumps too.