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In 2011, the District of Columbia's Black population slipped below 50 percent for the first time in over 50 years. [6] The District was a majority-Black district from the late 1950s through 2011. The District of Columbia has had a significant African-American population since the District's creation; several neighborhoods are noted for their ...
This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.
2 African-American proportion of state and territory populations (1790–2020) Toggle African-American proportion of state and territory populations (1790–2020) subsection 2.1 Free blacks as a percentage out of the total black population by U.S. region and U.S. state between 1790 and 1860
b ^ While all Native Americans in the United States were only counted as part of the (total) U.S. population since 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau previously either enumerated or made estimates of the non-taxed Native American population (which was not counted as a part of the U.S. population before 1890) for the 1860–1880 time period.
This list of majority-Black counties in the United States covers the counties and county-equivalents in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the population in each county that is Black or African American. The data source for the list is the 2020 United States Census. [1]
Washington, D.C. has had a relatively large African American population since the city's foundation. [139] African American residents composed about 30% of the district's total population between 1800 and 1940. [44] The black population reached a peak of 70% by 1970 and has since declined as African Americans moved to the surrounding suburbs.
But they could with a $1.7 trillion to $2.4 trillion affordable housing plan over two decades, ... less than 0.1% of the Black population actually lives in a county or city even close to parity.
The following is a list of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States with large African American populations. As a result of slavery, more than half of African Americans live in the South. [1] The data is sourced from the 2010 and 2020 United States Censuses.