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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. [2] About 80 percent of the city population is African-American. A quarter of Metro Detroit (Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties) are African-American.
Goodlowtown, also referred to as Goodloetown, or Goodloe, is an African-American neighborhood that was established around 1871. Named after William Cassius Goodloe, the district was the largest of any black residential area in Lexington, Kentucky. [11] A total of 290 African-American families resided in these areas by 1880. [12]
McCracken County is a county located in the far west portion of U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,875. [1] The county seat and only municipality is Paducah. [2]
In 1908, Benton drove its African American residents out of town, becoming a sundown town along with the rest of Marshall County. [9] On January 23, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at Marshall County High School, near Benton, resulting in 19 injuries and 2 fatalities. [10] [11] On December 10, 2021, the town was hit by the 2021 Western Kentucky ...
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.
The racial makeup of the county was 98.81% White, 0.14% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.04% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. 0.62% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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.
The city of Paducah is 6 miles (10 km) to the northwest. U.S. Route 62 passes through the northern part of Reidland, leading northwest to Paducah and east 10 miles (16 km) to Calvert City. U.S. Route 68 has its western terminus in Reidland at US 62, and leads east-southeast 71 miles (114 km) to Hopkinsville.