Ranking of 133 Metropolitan Areas with Black population over 50,000 population
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population estimates change from July, 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023, Division Release date: June 2024
| Rank | Metro Area | 2020 | 2023 | Change +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 1,309,385 | 1,438,540 | 129,155 |
| 2 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 2,160,589 | 2,287,049 | 126,460 |
| 3 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 1,323,709 | 1,438,216 | 114,507 |
| 4 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 631,933 | 674,918 | 42,985 |
| 5 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 316,810 | 350,463 | 33,653 |
| 6 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 490,007 | 522,962 | 32,955 |
| 7 | Tampa, FL | 319,242 | 351,154 | 31,912 |
| 8 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 349,714 | 380,206 | 30,492 |
| 9 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 426,048 | 456,063 | 30,015 |
| 10 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 302,585 | 327,804 | 25,219 |
| 11 | Columbus, OH | 356,563 | 381,490 | 24,927 |
| 12 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 335,412 | 359,212 | 23,800 |
| 13 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 119,377 | 142,057 | 22,680 |
| 14 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 186,699 | 208,614 | 21,915 |
| 15 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | 290,419 | 311,214 | 20,795 |
| 16 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 206,778 | 226,874 | 20,096 |
| 17 | Jacksonville, FL | 361,521 | 379,876 | 18,355 |
| 18 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 133,051 | 149,629 | 16,578 |
| 19 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 265,684 | 282,177 | 16,493 |
| 20 | Port St. Lucie, FL | 80,823 | 96,616 | 15,793 |
| 21 | Columbia, SC | 288,509 | 301,371 | 12,862 |
| 22 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 853,672 | 866,020 | 12,348 |
| 23 | Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ | 169,200 | 180,572 | 11,372 |
| 24 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 482,187 | 492,570 | 10,383 |
| 25 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 184,365 | 194,340 | 9,975 |
| 26 | Huntsville, AL | 111,262 | 120,634 | 9,372 |
| 27 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 69,687 | 78,949 | 9,262 |
| 28 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | 219,704 | 228,356 | 8,652 |
| 29 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 288,338 | 296,888 | 8,550 |
| 30 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 90,111 | 98,383 | 8,272 |
| 31 | Oklahoma City, OK | 154,229 | 162,268 | 8,039 |
| 32 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 224,774 | 232,703 | 7,929 |
| 33 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 69,933 | 77,794 | 7,861 |
| 34 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 77,128 | 84,606 | 7,478 |
| 35 | Worcester, MA | 54,768 | 62,198 | 7,430 |
| 36 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 181,707 | 189,127 | 7,420 |
| 37 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 388,874 | 395,898 | 7,024 |
| 38 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 149,832 | 156,704 | 6,872 |
| 39 | Dover, DE | 50,348 | 57,139 | 6,791 |
| 40 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 1,382,656 | 1,389,395 | 6,739 |
| 41 | Warner Robins, GA | 66,939 | 73,313 | 6,374 |
| 42 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 84,050 | 90,353 | 6,303 |
| 43 | Savannah, GA | 137,803 | 143,976 | 6,173 |
| 44 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 121,016 | 127,183 | 6,167 |
| 45 | Killeen-Temple, TX | 108,162 | 114,113 | 5,951 |
| 46 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 66,064 | 71,964 | 5,900 |
| 47 | Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 311,773 | 317,595 | 5,822 |
| 48 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 203,120 | 208,868 | 5,748 |
| 49 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 62,816 | 68,442 | 5,626 |
| 50 | Winston-Salem, NC | 128,620 | 134,225 | 5,605 |
| 51 | Clarksville, TN-KY | 65,768 | 71,359 | 5,591 |
| 52 | Richmond, VA | 394,202 | 399,524 | 5,322 |
| 53 | Ocala, FL | 51,202 | 56,275 | 5,073 |
| 54 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 83,925 | 88,846 | 4,921 |
| 55 | Baton Rouge, LA | 312,543 | 317,303 | 4,760 |
| 56 | New Haven, CT | 88,457 | 93,143 | 4,686 |
| 57 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 202,050 | 206,644 | 4,594 |
| 58 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 155,363 | 159,842 | 4,479 |
| 59 | Fayetteville, NC | 151,662 | 155,636 | 3,974 |
| 60 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 57,915 | 61,787 | 3,872 |
| 61 | Spartanburg, SC | 76,771 | 80,500 | 3,729 |
| 62 | Lafayette, LA | 98,375 | 102,043 | 3,668 |
| 63 | Tuscaloosa, AL | 96,147 | 99,307 | 3,160 |
| 64 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 67,914 | 70,935 | 3,021 |
| 65 | Tulsa, OK | 86,008 | 88,846 | 2,838 |
| 66 | Greenville, NC | 61,305 | 63,837 | 2,532 |
| 67 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 83,417 | 85,732 | 2,315 |
| 68 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 560,715 | 563,023 | 2,308 |
| 69 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 131,033 | 133,255 | 2,222 |
| 70 | Montgomery, AL | 174,791 | 176,969 | 2,178 |
| 71 | Omaha, NE-IA | 78,201 | 80,304 | 2,103 |
| 72 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | 60,647 | 62,661 | 2,014 |
| 73 | Springfield, MA | 51,752 | 53,661 | 1,909 |
| 74 | Colorado Springs, CO | 50,268 | 52,161 | 1,893 |
| 75 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 188,482 | 190,266 | 1,784 |
| 76 | Syracuse, NY | 60,215 | 61,985 | 1,770 |
| 77 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 279,709 | 281,456 | 1,747 |
| 78 | Fresno, CA | 65,889 | 67,628 | 1,739 |
| 79 | Tallahassee, FL | 127,482 | 129,132 | 1,650 |
| 80 | Gainesville, FL | 61,487 | 63,005 | 1,518 |
| 81 | Birmingham, AL | 345,639 | 347,156 | 1,517 |
| 82 | Macon-Bibb County, GA | 108,274 | 109,777 | 1,503 |
| 83 | Valdosta, GA | 52,927 | 54,389 | 1,462 |
| 84 | Knoxville, TN | 54,025 | 55,470 | 1,445 |
| 85 | Akron, OH | 90,111 | 91,526 | 1,415 |
| 86 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 643,090 | 644,265 | 1,175 |
| 87 | Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 92,971 | 94,108 | 1,137 |
| 88 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 1,682,575 | 1,683,593 | 1,018 |
| 89 | Auburn-Opelika, AL | 55,343 | 56,286 | 943 |
| 90 | Rocky Mount, NC | 67,811 | 68,708 | 897 |
| 91 | Wilmington, NC | 51,891 | 52,737 | 846 |
| 92 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | 65,191 | 65,982 | 791 |
| 93 | Florence, SC | 85,717 | 86,432 | 715 |
| 94 | Longview, TX | 53,116 | 53,793 | 677 |
| 95 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 153,966 | 154,226 | 260 |
| 96 | Wichita, KS | 51,653 | 51,872 | 219 |
| 97 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 87,074 | 87,249 | 175 |
| 98 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 51,892 | 52,035 | 143 |
| 99 | Jackson, TN | 50,543 | 50,610 | 67 |
| 100 | Mobile, AL | 151,110 | 151,128 | 18 |
| 101 | Toledo, OH | 92,675 | 92,674 | -1 |
| 102 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | 76,619 | 76,566 | -53 |
| 103 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 98,305 | 98,244 | -61 |
| 104 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 82,964 | 82,849 | -115 |
| 105 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 56,292 | 56,165 | -127 |
| 106 | Rochester, NY | 133,509 | 133,370 | -139 |
| 107 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 56,789 | 56,467 | -322 |
| 108 | Columbus, GA-AL | 143,162 | 142,784 | -378 |
| 109 | Sumter, SC | 50,548 | 50,028 | -520 |
| 110 | Youngstown-Warren, OH | 53,980 | 53,255 | -725 |
| 111 | Pittsburgh, PA | 207,502 | 206,745 | -757 |
| 112 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 148,604 | 147,459 | -1,145 |
| 113 | Flint, MI | 82,602 | 81,242 | -1,360 |
| 114 | Albany, GA | 80,731 | 79,234 | -1,497 |
| 115 | Monroe, LA | 85,345 | 83,510 | -1,835 |
| 116 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 183,167 | 181,332 | -1,835 |
| 117 | St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo, FL | 106,806 | 104,909 | -1,897 |
| 118 | Vallejo, CA | 66,189 | 63,991 | -2,198 |
| 119 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 158,925 | 155,585 | -3,340 |
| 120 | San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA | 70,170 | 65,590 | -4,580 |
| 121 | Lake Charles, LA | 61,592 | 56,072 | -5,520 |
| 122 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 266,681 | 260,482 | -6,199 |
| 123 | Jackson, MS | 305,923 | 299,434 | -6,489 |
| 124 | Cleveland, OH | 434,665 | 426,464 | -8,201 |
| 125 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 520,372 | 509,886 | -10,486 |
| 126 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 1,372,111 | 1,361,439 | -10,672 |
| 127 | Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA | 293,884 | 279,018 | -14,866 |
| 128 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 990,537 | 974,444 | -16,093 |
| 129 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 371,249 | 351,884 | -19,365 |
| 130 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 412,010 | 390,612 | -21,398 |
| 131 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 978,934 | 943,226 | -35,708 |
| 132 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 1,627,710 | 1,575,970 | -51,740 |
| 133 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 3,967,496 | 3,823,081 | -144,415 |
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