Cities with significant black populations that aren't recognized by national cognizant (people, states)

[Spade]

Here is roughly the same figures from Blackdemographics.com but this time all of this is MSA as of 2010.

1 New York, NJ-NY 3,362,616
2 Atlanta, GA 1,707,913
3 Chicago, IL 1,645,993
4 Washington, DC 1,438,436
5 Philadelphia, PA 1,241,780
6 Los Angeles, CA 1,230,023
7 Miami, FL 1,169,185
8 Houston, TX 1,025,775
9 Detroit, MI 980,451
10 Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 961,871
11 Baltimore, MD 778,879
12 Memphis, TN 601,043
13 Norfolk–Virginia Beach, VA 522,409
14 St. Louis, MO, IL 516,446
15 San Francisco-Oakland, CA 471,566
16 Charlotte, NC 421,105
17 Cleveland, OH 416,528
18 New Orleans, LA 397,095
19 Richmond, VA 375,427
20 Raleigh-Durham, NC 364,811

[pgm123]

Originally Posted by nei

It's also likely a majority of blacks in the Boston metro are immigrant descended (Africa / West Indies), so they're a bit different than typical black neighborhoods.

Really? I find that hard to believe.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by nei

Mainly because the city limits are small. Outside of Boston, there are few black people. Compared to Philly, which is only a slightly larger region, the difference is very big. Boston is nowhere near the top 10:

List of U.S. metropolitan areas with large African-American populations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not sure why Nassau-Suffolk is separated, should be included with the NYC metro.

It's also likely a majority of blacks in the Boston metro are immigrant descended (Africa / West Indies), so they're a bit different than typical black neighborhoods.

To be fair to Boston, there are suburbs or outer communities like Cambridge, Lynn, Malden, Brockton, Everett, Randolph and Milton with Black percentages around the national percentage or higher. Places like Somerville, Medford, Chelsea, Salem and Lowell have areas with a concentration of Black residents as well, with maybe a couple of other places I forgot mention. There are quite a few Cape Verdeans in Eastern Massachusetts too. Some even came by way of the Canadian Maritimes as well.


As for smaller metros, Fayetteville NC and Augusta GA come to mind. Buffalo and Rochester are both around or just above 40%, with both metros at around the national percentage.

[nei]

Originally Posted by pgm123

Really? I find that hard to believe.

Why? I may have guessed a bit high, but too far often. In 2004 it was 42%, include non-hispanic blacks:

The growing proportions of the black population with West Indian ancestry (25.4% of the total black population), sub-Saharan African ancestry (14.4%) and Hispanic origin (5.5%)

Likely higher today. New York City is around 40% as well, maybe a bit higher. MSA is likely lower.

[SawBoi]

The high% black population in rural counties outside cities.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by SawBoi

The high% black population in rural counties outside cities.

That's mostly Southern. Other regions aren't like that.

[goofy328]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

When you hear of NYC, Detroit, Chicago, LA, or Miami, you could easily pinpoint the black identity the cities represent. While there are other cities with similar proportions of blacks, they don't have black representation. Which are some you can think of?

Hampton, Cleveland, Dayton, toledo, Pittsburgh, Newark, Trenton, Birmingham, savannah, st. Louis, ft. Worth, Minneapolis, Milwaukee

[nei]

Originally Posted by Spade

That's mostly Southern. Other regions aren't like that.

Yes, most of the rural north and west have nearly no black people. The idea of a rural area with lots of black seems a bit foreign to me.

[SawBoi]

Originally Posted by Spade

That's mostly Southern. Other regions aren't like that.

Yes. And they are not recognized.

[Ant131531]

Surprised not one person has named Atlanta yet lol. Usually denoted as the black mecca and center of black power.