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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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The following is a list of United States cities, towns, and unincorporated areas (Census Designated Places) in which a plurality of the population is African American or Black.
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The following is a list of United States cities, towns, and unincorporated areas (Census Designated Places) in which a plurality of the population is African American or Black. Essex County, New Jersey Iberville Parish, Louisiana Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Shelby County, Tennessee Beaumont, Texas Bowie, Maryland Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington Camden, New Jersey Chicago Cincinnati Danville, Virginia Ecorse, Michigan Englewood, New Jersey Fayetteville, North Carolina Glenn Heights, Texas Greenbelt, Maryland Griffin, Georgia Hempstead (village), New York Hillside, Illinois Hyattsville, Maryland Laurel, Maryland Marin City, California Milwaukee Norfolk, Virginia Philadelphia Saginaw, Michigan Scottsville, Texas St. Louis New York City Memphis Detroit Atlanta Miami Dallas Houston
The following is a list of United States cities, towns and unincorporated areas (Census Designated Places) in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is non-Hispanic African American or Black alone, according to data from the 2000 Census. This list does not include cities such as Chicago, Illinois or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in which, according to the 2000 Census, merely a plurality (as opposed to a majority) of the residents are African American. The list below is organized by state and, within each state, by population size. The percentage of each city's population that is African American is listed in parentheses next to the city's name.
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 data source for the list is the 2020 United States census. At the time of the 2020 census, there were 47.5 million Americans who were Black (either alone or in combination), making up 14.2% of the U.S. population. State by state, the highest number of Black Americans could be found in Texas (3.96 million), Florida (3.70 million), Georgia (3.54 million), New York (3.53 million), and California (2.83 million). Meanwhile, the highest proportions of African Americans were in the District of Columbia (44.17%), Mississippi (37.94%), Louisiana (33.13%), Georgia (33.03%), and Maryland (32.01%). Throughout the country, there are 342 cities with a population over 100,000. 19 of them had Black (alone or in combination) majorities, and in 46 more cities, between 30% and 50% of the population identified as black. Out of the 19 majority-Black cities, four were in Georgia and Louisiana, and Alabama had three each. In 2020, the largest cities that had a Black majority were Detroit, Michigan (population 639K); Memphis, Tennessee (population 633K); Baltimore, Maryland (population 586K); New Orleans, Louisiana (population 384K); and Cleveland, Ohio (population 373K); and the city with the largest Black population was New York.
Communities in the United States with a Hispanic-majority population as of the 2010 Census are primarily found in the Southwestern United States and in large metropolitan areas elsewhere in the country. The community with the highest percentage of Hispanic residents (among communities with over 100,000 people) is the unincorporated community of East Los Angeles, California, whose population was 97.1% Hispanic. Among incorporated localities of over 100,000 people, the city of Laredo, Texas has the highest percentage of Hispanic residents at 95.6%. San Antonio, Texas is the largest Hispanic-majority city in the United States, with 807,000 Hispanics making up 61.2% of its population. New York City has the most Hispanic residents, although it is not Hispanic-majority and as such, is defined as a plurality.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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