The overall Life expectancy in the United States peaked in 2014 for all races and ethnicities, then it began dropping slightly before the pandemic.
Drug overdoses and suicides attributed greatly to the US life expectancy decreases since 2014. The opioid crisis hit America especially hard and now there are growing numbers of people who are dying after unknowingly ingesting fentanyl which is being added to illegal drugs.
Suicide rates had also increased greatly since 2013 even doubling in the Black community. Then the pandemic made it worse. In 2020 Covid-19 was the third largest cause of death affecting all populations.
Life expectancy for Black men dropped 5.8 years from 72.5 years to 66.7 years since 2014. Black women have seen a decrease of 3.7 years from 78.5 to 74.8 years with is still one year longer than White men. White men have lost 3 years and White women 2.2 years. In 2021 Native Americans had the lowest life expectancy at 65.2 years.
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Which Metropolitan Areas Lost the Most Black Residents Between 2020 and 2025?
While many metropolitan areas experienced substantial increases in Black population between 2020 and 2025, others recorded declines during the same period, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 Population Estimates. Among metropolitan areas with at least 80,000 Black residents in 2020, Chicago recorded the nation’s largest decline, followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, New…
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Texas Leads the Nation as Black Population Growth Reshapes America’s Largest Metropolitan Areas
The nation’s fastest-growing Black metropolitan areas are increasingly concentrated in the South and Southwest, according to the June 2026 release of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 Population Estimates. Between 2020 and 2025, the ten metropolitan areas with the largest gains added a combined 877,256 Black residents, highlighting where much of the nation’s Black population…
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Black Unemployment Hits Another 2025 High in November
Federal employment data through November 2025 show that Black Americans continue to face much higher jobless rates than White Americans — and in some groups the difference has grown. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): Rising unemployment can happen for two main reasons: From August through November 2025, labor force participation for…