Cities with 100,000 or More Population in 2000 ranked by Black or African American Population, 2000 in Rank Order [CDP = census designated place, only used in Hawaii which has no incorporated places] City in rank order Number Rank --------------------------------------------------------------- New York city, NY 2,129,762 1 Chicago city, IL 1,065,009 2 Detroit city, MI 775,772 3 Philadelphia city, PA 655,824 4 Houston city, TX 494,496 5 Baltimore city, MD 418,951 6 Los Angeles city, CA 415,195 7 Memphis city, TN 399,208 8 Washington city, DC 343,312 9 New Orleans city, LA 325,947 10 Dallas city, TX 307,957 11 Atlanta city, GA 255,689 12 Cleveland city, OH 243,939 13 Milwaukee city, WI 222,933 14 Jacksonville city, FL 213,514 15 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 199,412 16 Birmingham city, AL 178,372 17 St. Louis city, MO 178,266 18 Charlotte city, NC 176,964 19 Columbus city, OH 174,065 20 Boston city, MA 149,202 21 Newark city, NJ 146,250 22 Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN 146,235 23 Oakland city, CA 142,460 24 Cincinnati city, OH 142,176 25 Kansas City city, MO 137,879 26 Jackson city, MS 130,151 27 Baton Rouge city, LA 113,953 28 Richmond city, VA 113,108 29 Buffalo city, NY 108,951 30 Fort Worth city, TX 108,310 31 Norfolk city, VA 103,387 32 Shreveport city, LA 101,679 33 Montgomery city, AL 100,048 34 Augusta-Richmond County (balance), GA 98,320 35 San Diego city, CA 96,216 36 Mobile city, AL 92,068 37 Pittsburgh city, PA 90,750 38 Gary city, IN 86,340 39 Rochester city, NY 84,717 40 Louisville city, KY 84,586 41 Greensboro city, NC 83,728 42 Durham city, NC 81,937 43 Columbus city (balance), GA 81,466 44 Miami city, FL 80,858 45 Virginia Beach city, VA 80,593 46 Tampa city, FL 79,118 47 San Antonio city, TX 78,120 48 Oklahoma City city, OK 77,810 49 Raleigh city, NC 76,756 50 Savannah city, GA 75,072 51 Little Rock city, AR 74,003 52 Toledo city, OH 73,854 53 Dayton city, OH 71,668 54 Newport News city, VA 70,388 55 Winston-Salem city, NC 68,924 56 Minneapolis city, MN 68,818 57 Long Beach city, CA 68,618 58 Jersey City city, NJ 67,994 59 Phoenix city, AZ 67,416 60 Flint city, MI 66,560 61 Austin city, TX 65,956 62 Hampton city, VA 65,428 63 Sacramento city, CA 62,968 64 Akron city, OH 61,827 65 Denver city, CO 61,649 66 Tulsa city, OK 60,794 67 San Francisco city, CA 60,515 68 Chesapeake city, VA 56,823 69 Chattanooga city, TN 56,086 70 St. Petersburg city, FL 55,502 71 Columbia city, SC 53,465 72 Inglewood city, CA 53,060 73 Beaumont city, TX 52,206 74 Omaha city, NE 51,917 75 Tallahassee city, FL 51,569 76 Fayetteville city, NC 51,338 77 Portsmouth city, VA 50,899 78 Orlando city, FL 49,933 79 Las Vegas city, NV 49,570 80 Paterson city, NJ 49,095 81 Huntsville city, AL 47,792 82 Seattle city, WA 47,541 83 Hartford city, CT 46,264 84 New Haven city, CT 46,181 85 Arlington city, TX 45,727 86 Kansas City city, KS 44,240 87 Fort Lauderdale city, FL 44,010 88 Bridgeport city, CT 42,925 89 Grand Rapids city, MI 40,373 90 Wichita city, KS 39,325 91 Syracuse city, NY 37,336 92 Aurora city, CO 37,104 93 Fresno city, CA 35,763 94 Fort Wayne city, IN 35,752 95 Lexington-Fayette, KY 35,116 96 Portland city, OR 35,115 97 St. Paul city, MN 33,637 98 Yonkers city, NY 32,575 99 Springfield city, MA 31,960 100 Lafayette city, LA 31,434 101 San Jose city, CA 31,349 102 San Bernardino city, CA 30,425 103 Alexandria city, VA 28,915 104 Moreno Valley city, CA 28,310 105 Knoxville city, TN 28,171 106 Peoria city, IL 27,992 107 Vallejo city, CA 27,655 108 Athens-Clarke County (balance), GA 27,442 109 Stockton city, CA 27,417 110 South Bend city, IN 26,522 111 Lansing city, MI 26,095 112 Rockford city, IL 26,072 113 Waco city, TX 25,754 114 Garland city, TX 25,609 115 Providence city, RI 25,243 116 Elizabeth city, NJ 24,090 117 Clarksville city, TN 24,030 118 Colorado Springs city, CO 23,677 119 Bakersfield city, CA 22,641 120 North Las Vegas city, NV 21,970 121 Tacoma city, WA 21,757 122 Tucson city, AZ 21,057 123 Irving city, TX 19,583 124 Pasadena city, CA 19,319 125 Joliet city, IL 19,294 126 Lancaster city, CA 19,009 127 Riverside city, CA 18,906 128 Pembroke Pines city, FL 18,210 129 Stamford city, CT 18,019 130 El Paso city, TX 17,586 131 Waterbury city, CT 17,500 132 Lubbock city, TX 17,292 133 Grand Prairie city, TX 17,242 134 Springfield city, IL 17,096 135 Palmdale city, CA 16,913 136 Hollywood city, FL 16,853 137 Mesquite city, TX 16,585 138 Des Moines city, IA 16,025 139 Aurora city, IL 15,817 140 Hayward city, CA 15,374 141 Fontana city, CA 15,255 142 Anchorage city, AK 15,199 143 Erie city, PA 14,724 144 Pomona city, CA 14,398 145 Topeka city, KS 14,332 146 Berkeley city, CA 14,007 147 Albuquerque city, NM 13,854 148 Evansville city, IN 13,275 149 Corpus Christi city, TX 12,969 150 Wichita Falls city, TX 12,920 151 Madison city, WI 12,155 152 Cambridge city, MA 12,079 153 Worcester city, MA 11,892 154 Ontario city, CA 11,864 155 Plano city, TX 11,155 156 Coral Springs city, FL 10,766 157 Clearwater city, FL 10,651 158 Amarillo city, TX 10,358 159 Glendale city, AZ 10,270 160 Abilene city, TX 10,215 161 Oceanside city, CA 10,189 162 Ann Arbor city, MI 10,070 163 Rancho Cucamonga city, CA 10,059 164 Mesa city, AZ 9,977 165 Anaheim city, CA 8,735 166 Allentown city, PA 8,370 167 Corona city, CA 8,031 168 Chula Vista city, CA 8,022 169 Modesto city, CA 7,499 170 Lincoln city, NE 6,960 171 Carrollton city, TX 6,862 172 West Covina city, CA 6,696 173 Henderson city, NV 6,590 174 Oxnard city, CA 6,446 175 Fremont city, CA 6,310 176 Chandler city, AZ 6,151 177 Honolulu CDP, HI 6,038 178 Tempe city, AZ 5,801 179 Santa Ana city, CA 5,749 180 Hialeah city, FL 5,453 181 Springfield city, MO 4,961 182 Salinas city, CA 4,943 183 Norwalk city, CA 4,774 184 Daly City city, CA 4,720 185 Reno city, NV 4,651 186 Cedar Rapids city, IA 4,481 187 Lowell city, MA 4,423 188 Spokane city, WA 4,052 189 Downey city, CA 4,028 190 Naperville city, IL 3,887 191 Overland Park city, KS 3,801 192 Concord city, CA 3,706 193 Warren city, MI 3,697 194 Vancouver city, WA 3,593 195 Salt Lake City city, UT 3,433 196 Santa Rosa city, CA 3,177 197 Santa Clarita city, CA 3,122 198 Torrance city, CA 3,022 199 Peoria city, AZ 3,012 200 Escondido city, CA 3,009 201 Independence city, MO 2,939 202 Sunnyvale city, CA 2,927 203 Fullerton city, CA 2,861 204 Gilbert town, AZ 2,639 205 Scottsdale city, AZ 2,501 206 Glendale city, CA 2,468 207 Pueblo city, CO 2,465 208 Santa Clara city, CA 2,341 209 Pasadena city, TX 2,316 210 Manchester city, NH 2,246 211 Sioux Falls city, SD 2,226 212 Bellevue city, WA 2,183 213 Garden Grove city, CA 2,168 214 Lakewood city, CO 2,128 215 Irvine city, CA 2,068 216 Burbank city, CA 2,066 217 Orange city, CA 2,056 218 Cape Coral city, FL 2,046 219 Salem city, OR 1,750 220 Eugene city, OR 1,729 221 Sterling Heights city, MI 1,614 222 Huntington Beach city, CA 1,527 223 Costa Mesa city, CA 1,520 224 Boise City city, ID 1,437 225 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, CA 1,421 226 Green Bay city, WI 1,407 227 Simi Valley city, CA 1,401 228 West Valley City city, UT 1,247 229 Thousand Oaks city, CA 1,241 230 Westminster city, CO 1,237 231 Fort Collins city, CO 1,213 232 Livonia city, MI 951 233 El Monte city, CA 889 234 Arvada city, CO 672 235 Laredo city, TX 652 236 McAllen city, TX 647 237 Brownsville city, TX 575 238 Provo city, UT 486 239 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County and City Data Book: 2000, Table C-2.