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Originally Posted by pdxtex
detroit still has the largest black population (percent wise) of city in america, its just broke as $%^&.
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But metro wise...
http://blackdemographics.com/populat...ty-population/
Top 10 by %
Jackson, MS 257,021 48%
Memphis, TN 601,043 46%
Montgomery, AL 159,330 43%
Macon, GA 100,934 43%
Columbus, GA 119,023 40%
Shreveport, LA 155,174 39%
Baton Rouge, LA 285,911 36%
Fayetteville, NC 132,833 36%
Augusta, GA 196,695 35%
Mobile, AL 142,992 35%
Top 10 by % with Black populations over 500,00
Memphis, TN 601,043 46%
Atlanta, GA 1,707,913 32%
Norfolk–Virginia Beach, VA 522,409 31%
Baltimore, MD 778,879 29%
Washington, DC 1,438,436 26%
Charlotte, NC 421,105 24%
Detroit, MI 980,451 23%
Philadelphia, PA 1,241,780 21%
Miami, FL 1,169,185 21%
Cleveland, OH 416,528 20%
Top 10 overall #
New York, NJ-NY 3,362,616 18%
Atlanta, GA 1,707,913 32%
Chicago, IL 1,645,993 17%
Washington, DC 1,438,436 26%
Philadelphia, PA 1,241,780 21%
Los Angeles, CA 1,230,023 7%
Miami, FL 1,169,185 21%
Houston, TX 1,025,775 17%
Detroit, MI 980,451 23%
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 961,871 15%
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Originally Posted by Kingofthehill
LA differs from these cities in that its black population is overwhelmingly African-American. There are decent-sized Ethiopian, Belizean and Jamaican communities, but this is nothing like NYC, where the black population is nearly 50/50 African-American and Caribbean.
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Thanks for the info. I knew LA was popular with Belizeans for some reason, just assumed it attracted others from the Caribbean also.