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Subsaharan African Americans

About 4,209,725 US residents are of Subsaharan African ancestry, 1.3% of the population · up 10.5% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.

BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE

Largest Subsaharan African populations

BY CONCENTRATION

Highest Subsaharan African share

NATIONAL PROFILE · 2024 ACS 1-YEAR

How the group compares

Median household income
$69,734
US overall: $82,259
Bachelor's degree or higher
41.7%
US overall: 35.6%
Poverty rate
17.2%
US overall: 12.5%
Homeownership
39.9%
US overall: 65.0%
Median age
33.4
US overall: 38.9
Median home value
$373,000
US overall: $376,019

From the Census Bureau's Selected Population Profile (S0201), which publishes socioeconomic data for detailed groups at the national level. US-overall figures shown for comparison.

BY STATE · 2024 ACS 1-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Where Subsaharan African Americans earn the most

Maryland$98,20052.9%9.4%54.8%302,078
New Jersey$93,66048.6%9.1%40.7%152,294
California$89,52048.7%16.1%33.6%310,605
Virginia$88,87743.8%10.9%48.7%205,039
Massachusetts$83,33836.0%15.8%39.3%156,722
Washington$80,69931.1%13.2%31.0%125,057
Georgia$80,48550.0%13.3%55.0%236,767
Arizona$75,56143.0%15.8%38.6%69,945
Texas$71,17149.3%15.0%36.1%542,479
North Carolina$70,17040.6%11.4%51.3%161,653
New York$67,66241.5%23.5%25.8%322,723
Pennsylvania$67,40542.6%17.3%37.8%145,486
Florida$66,69136.9%21.3%47.2%228,634
Colorado$65,02245.9%23.6%43.4%73,975
Indiana$62,65940.3%22.5%40.8%82,146
Ohio$59,56534.3%19.9%38.6%186,869
Minnesota$58,47834.1%18.2%27.6%195,405
Illinois$55,96940.4%22.0%34.5%175,587
Tennessee$55,46930.0%14.7%36.8%76,127
Michigan$51,78833.4%20.2%38.0%109,692

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile. The Census publishes a state only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller states are absent by design.

BY METRO AREA · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Subsaharan African Americans across metro areas

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$84,92848.5%10.1%20.9%14,115
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA$83,90949.1%11.9%32.3%49,093
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT$82,56349.0%8.6%46.1%9,283
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$79,94047.5%11.0%43.8%287,575
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$75,08428.7%14.6%43.5%7,787
Vallejo, CA$74,45223.8%13.3%39.0%11,864
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX$74,00049.9%15.5%44.5%22,966
Worcester, MA-CT$73,68542.3%11.0%30.3%19,094
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$73,11948.1%14.1%41.7%90,096
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$72,48844.9%13.8%30.5%100,033
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$71,39436.7%21.2%36.9%5,385
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT$70,60845.3%13.8%39.3%12,320
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA$70,22941.2%16.8%27.3%332,620
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$69,24737.6%17.1%41.9%34,027
New Haven-Milford, CT$69,13936.6%14.4%39.1%13,395
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$67,88934.2%14.3%37.2%108,631
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$67,27238.3%16.9%48.4%22,780
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$67,22643.6%18.6%40.0%20,545
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$67,19340.0%16.3%36.0%18,836
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA$65,21543.4%14.1%52.6%163,217
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$63,90828.7%19.1%28.2%89,144
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$62,07346.5%16.4%35.2%168,975
Stockton, CA$61,29425.4%26.3%41.1%11,677
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$61,20036.6%20.3%35.6%41,864
Jacksonville, FL$60,74530.1%17.8%51.6%16,609
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$60,65538.2%16.0%46.7%105,282
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO$60,00339.0%17.9%37.2%38,561
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX$59,61948.8%18.6%40.2%144,525
Richmond, VA$59,42632.1%14.3%47.5%22,576
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI$58,47643.9%18.9%41.3%101,085
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$58,34847.0%11.3%34.0%10,643
Raleigh-Cary, NC$58,18350.8%13.1%51.7%23,342
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$57,57439.3%21.5%36.0%10,395
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$55,77031.1%17.3%38.8%44,212
Baton Rouge, LA$55,70931.7%29.5%44.3%10,474
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$55,48023.0%33.7%34.3%14,730
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL$55,23838.8%17.5%47.9%55,122
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$54,94622.8%15.1%41.4%54,307
Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI$54,62526.1%18.8%35.0%11,306
St. Louis, MO-IL$54,45942.9%18.4%44.1%25,671
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$54,43334.7%14.1%40.7%52,468
Clarksville, TN-KY$54,29541.4%12.7%46.9%6,025
Fayetteville, NC$53,86937.8%13.3%50.7%5,974
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$53,84138.4%21.2%51.2%17,435
Kansas City, MO-KS$53,63739.3%14.7%35.1%22,978
Sioux Falls, SD$53,17820.5%16.5%26.8%7,207
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$53,08442.5%16.7%43.0%24,588
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$53,02147.6%20.6%29.8%6,831
Oklahoma City, OK$52,61341.4%18.8%35.3%10,345
Fresno, CA$52,02836.1%32.0%39.8%5,102
Springfield, MA$51,67140.1%26.8%39.4%6,213
Akron, OH$51,65730.5%25.3%46.5%6,394
Killeen-Temple, TX$51,54138.3%10.8%41.5%5,127
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$51,33931.8%25.2%22.2%29,161
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$50,51943.8%15.5%45.7%16,608
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC$50,49728.5%19.0%40.2%46,059
Jackson, MS$50,46739.2%19.6%61.5%5,756
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$50,14438.2%16.1%32.7%25,982
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$50,02228.8%24.1%27.5%142,005
Montgomery, AL$48,71336.7%27.2%48.9%5,376
Columbus, OH$47,78724.4%27.5%25.0%63,910
Lexington-Fayette, KY$47,65233.9%21.1%30.1%6,114
Greensboro-High Point, NC$47,50035.5%27.1%37.7%17,008
Knoxville, TN$47,41737.2%21.1%45.2%5,678
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$47,28921.5%20.5%65.8%6,361
Columbia, SC$47,14825.1%17.7%53.3%16,352
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$47,12937.1%22.3%45.2%44,858
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA$46,93233.1%20.4%23.9%13,749
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$45,39225.2%23.2%24.0%7,047
Pittsburgh, PA$44,26535.1%19.2%32.0%18,906
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$44,16743.3%42.9%31.9%6,353
Rochester, MN$43,34823.5%28.9%20.6%6,193
Albuquerque, NM$43,12547.5%32.6%29.2%5,754
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV$43,00321.4%18.5%28.4%37,919
Iowa City, IA$42,62833.8%31.7%13.9%5,667
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$42,49219.5%28.7%29.6%19,542
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN$41,96936.7%21.7%35.4%45,480
Madison, WI$41,47734.2%22.4%19.8%9,581
Salt Lake City, UT$41,00526.4%30.2%19.7%12,280
Rochester, NY$40,72434.1%34.6%31.6%9,854
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$40,56834.4%19.4%49.1%6,124
Dayton-Kettering, OH$40,37334.4%26.5%31.8%10,025
Tulsa, OK$40,31935.5%16.5%37.7%6,992
Cleveland-Elyria, OH$40,11031.5%24.5%35.0%18,992
Birmingham-Hoover, AL$39,39125.1%23.9%47.9%17,968
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$38,59126.5%32.5%26.6%12,116
Portland-South Portland, ME$37,96129.5%32.5%11.7%7,848
Kankakee, IL$37,06715.6%28.1%30.1%8,611
Tucson, AZ$36,25037.0%39.3%42.9%7,269
Amarillo, TX$36,22213.4%37.5%24.6%5,315
Greenville-Anderson, SC$36,04217.3%20.7%36.7%5,360
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$35,38132.1%27.7%36.6%14,526
Fargo, ND-MN$34,37523.3%40.7%4.1%9,982
St. Cloud, MN$33,42012.0%55.0%6.4%8,758
Toledo, OH$32,03618.4%32.5%27.5%9,221
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$31,59325.0%33.0%32.2%27,864
Syracuse, NY$31,43121.4%46.1%29.5%6,832
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$30,95320.5%46.7%39.9%6,718
Danville, VA$27,8895.1%36.1%38.4%6,523
Canton-Massillon, OH$26,1029.0%35.9%16.7%7,871

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a metro area only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller metro areas are absent by design.

BY CITY · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Subsaharan African Americans across cities

Bowie$125,53661.9%5.6%84.4%6,125
Germantown$97,82449.6%9.7%59.5%7,205
San Jose$88,99540.4%11.3%18.2%8,660
Yonkers$84,88447.9%8.1%15.6%5,217
Columbia$80,74354.9%8.9%33.7%5,671
Grand Prairie$80,34346.2%12.5%49.0%6,947
Lowell$77,22034.5%7.2%32.2%5,113
Fairland$76,01649.5%11.3%26.6%5,077
Jersey City$74,01253.8%8.5%22.6%6,525
Enterprise$70,15027.5%5.2%71.1%5,469
Worcester$69,02341.1%12.8%23.1%11,699
Brockton$68,13615.9%11.7%51.7%21,964
Virginia Beach$67,27747.9%11.4%42.4%6,480
Federal Way$66,08821.4%11.9%17.9%5,771
Sacramento$65,77543.7%21.0%32.7%6,305
Grand Rapids$65,02722.5%15.4%39.1%5,092
New York$64,76138.1%19.2%21.1%200,508
Irving$64,08254.5%7.7%19.6%7,387
Bloomington$63,62529.0%19.0%31.1%5,155
Austin$62,37551.6%21.8%23.4%11,000
Brooklyn Park$61,39724.3%12.2%43.2%12,602
Oakland$60,86845.8%11.8%19.8%13,375
Aurora$60,33030.3%16.0%41.9%15,563
Washington$60,21248.5%18.6%31.6%24,271
Kent$58,33324.3%24.0%28.0%7,258
Jacksonville$58,31932.4%18.4%49.9%14,153
Providence$57,80041.5%14.4%46.2%9,285
Arlington$57,39838.6%23.4%27.4%22,175
Los Angeles$57,33346.3%18.7%21.5%42,807
Portland$57,24839.6%26.5%33.2%8,597
Chillum$57,23839.8%11.7%22.4%5,228
Alexandria$56,83141.0%20.8%8.6%14,678
Denver$56,57742.2%24.7%31.0%13,341
Tacoma$56,51823.9%17.8%21.5%5,328
Garland$56,25038.9%18.0%50.9%9,683
Arlington$56,03446.5%18.5%11.7%6,064
Durham$56,03146.4%10.8%28.9%7,214
Raleigh$55,42748.6%13.1%50.3%12,968
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)$54,73329.6%18.2%35.0%31,608
Fort Worth$54,59335.4%25.8%39.5%18,185
Brooklyn Center$54,58226.1%7.9%30.6%5,121
Charlotte$54,35934.6%14.6%36.3%30,069
Boston$54,26230.2%19.6%25.5%27,408
San Francisco$53,44253.6%25.0%20.1%5,777
Sioux Falls$53,13720.5%16.7%26.1%6,988
Baltimore$52,74837.5%24.7%39.7%24,948
Suffolk$52,28319.1%19.0%40.7%12,369
Newark$52,14539.3%28.9%19.3%19,228
Philadelphia$51,19734.7%22.7%43.0%40,461
San Diego$50,85630.0%29.5%17.8%16,153
Silver Spring$49,77545.3%19.0%14.8%10,845
Greensboro$49,17639.1%24.1%33.1%11,683
St. Louis$49,02834.5%28.4%29.9%7,267
Oklahoma City$48,68838.4%21.2%31.2%6,596
Phoenix$48,04430.4%23.6%26.8%19,474
Seattle$47,73629.0%30.7%15.5%20,968
Chicago$47,64943.8%24.1%31.9%45,637
Des Moines$47,54812.2%31.5%34.0%8,233
Lexington-Fayette urban county$47,39632.8%16.4%30.9%5,036
Paterson$47,2504.7%26.5%13.8%6,834
Pawtucket$47,09717.6%13.6%37.1%11,584
Omaha$45,71229.1%22.2%21.3%11,151
Spring Valley$44,90716.7%14.9%22.2%8,980
Dallas$44,52841.1%23.6%11.3%34,423
New Bedford$44,32813.0%21.0%28.3%10,456
Houston$43,52339.6%25.3%19.4%62,050
Columbus$43,33221.6%30.1%20.8%50,849
Rochester$43,32623.4%29.3%20.5%6,097
Norfolk$43,30631.6%21.6%22.0%5,161
Memphis$41,56925.4%22.2%36.4%8,991
Madison$41,12430.7%20.9%19.7%6,676
Atlanta$40,25149.4%24.3%27.7%10,237
Las Vegas$40,22523.5%18.2%30.3%8,305
Stockton$38,98818.0%35.2%29.6%7,969
Milwaukee$38,75033.2%23.5%35.5%7,692
Indianapolis city (balance)$38,06932.7%22.4%32.4%35,978
San Antonio$38,00939.8%23.5%21.9%8,875
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)$37,06114.7%33.8%26.0%15,214
Cincinnati$36,48330.2%22.7%23.1%9,674
Kansas City$36,34832.3%15.6%31.9%8,496
Pittsburgh$36,08935.5%23.1%25.3%5,676
St. Paul$36,06223.7%31.6%13.1%17,117
Detroit$34,79527.8%29.0%59.0%10,957
Little Rock$34,39533.1%33.2%35.8%6,522
Columbia$34,29519.9%17.6%36.7%5,464
St. Cloud$34,21413.7%51.3%6.3%7,781
Kankakee$33,4038.8%33.7%23.8%5,692
Birmingham$33,20121.0%27.9%44.7%6,440
Richmond$32,36123.0%23.5%34.3%5,278
Toledo$31,83513.6%31.2%28.5%7,488
Buffalo$31,67020.4%44.3%19.3%8,113
Fargo$31,44623.0%30.9%2.5%7,693
Syracuse$30,51218.5%50.3%25.7%5,569
Rochester$28,97731.5%43.0%26.9%5,329
Tucson$28,37028.4%44.6%32.4%5,702
Shreveport$26,16817.0%52.2%39.5%5,334
Minneapolis$26,10117.2%45.2%11.1%33,179
New Orleans$26,02022.5%36.1%28.4%21,751
Canton$22,1447.5%41.7%15.0%5,698
Cleveland$21,19621.3%38.1%30.8%6,141

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a citie only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller cities are absent by design.

ABOUT THIS GROUP

Frequently asked

How many people of Subsaharan African ancestry live in the United States?

About 4,209,725 US residents are of Subsaharan African ancestry, roughly 1.3% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

Which US city has the largest Subsaharan African population?

New York, NY has the largest Subsaharan African population of any US city, with about 206,457 residents of Subsaharan African ancestry.

Which state has the most residents of Subsaharan African ancestry?

Texas leads all states with about 462,867 residents of Subsaharan African ancestry.

What is the median household income of Subsaharan African Americans?

Subsaharan African Americans have a median household income of about $69,734, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024

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