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.
Largest Subsaharan African populations
Highest Subsaharan African share
How the group compares
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.
Where Subsaharan African Americans earn the most
| Maryland | $98,200 | 52.9% | 9.4% | 54.8% | 302,078 |
| New Jersey | $93,660 | 48.6% | 9.1% | 40.7% | 152,294 |
| California | $89,520 | 48.7% | 16.1% | 33.6% | 310,605 |
| Virginia | $88,877 | 43.8% | 10.9% | 48.7% | 205,039 |
| Massachusetts | $83,338 | 36.0% | 15.8% | 39.3% | 156,722 |
| Washington | $80,699 | 31.1% | 13.2% | 31.0% | 125,057 |
| Georgia | $80,485 | 50.0% | 13.3% | 55.0% | 236,767 |
| Arizona | $75,561 | 43.0% | 15.8% | 38.6% | 69,945 |
| Texas | $71,171 | 49.3% | 15.0% | 36.1% | 542,479 |
| North Carolina | $70,170 | 40.6% | 11.4% | 51.3% | 161,653 |
| New York | $67,662 | 41.5% | 23.5% | 25.8% | 322,723 |
| Pennsylvania | $67,405 | 42.6% | 17.3% | 37.8% | 145,486 |
| Florida | $66,691 | 36.9% | 21.3% | 47.2% | 228,634 |
| Colorado | $65,022 | 45.9% | 23.6% | 43.4% | 73,975 |
| Indiana | $62,659 | 40.3% | 22.5% | 40.8% | 82,146 |
| Ohio | $59,565 | 34.3% | 19.9% | 38.6% | 186,869 |
| Minnesota | $58,478 | 34.1% | 18.2% | 27.6% | 195,405 |
| Illinois | $55,969 | 40.4% | 22.0% | 34.5% | 175,587 |
| Tennessee | $55,469 | 30.0% | 14.7% | 36.8% | 76,127 |
| Michigan | $51,788 | 33.4% | 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.
Subsaharan African Americans across metro areas
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $84,928 | 48.5% | 10.1% | 20.9% | 14,115 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | $83,909 | 49.1% | 11.9% | 32.3% | 49,093 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | $82,563 | 49.0% | 8.6% | 46.1% | 9,283 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $79,940 | 47.5% | 11.0% | 43.8% | 287,575 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $75,084 | 28.7% | 14.6% | 43.5% | 7,787 |
| Vallejo, CA | $74,452 | 23.8% | 13.3% | 39.0% | 11,864 |
| Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX | $74,000 | 49.9% | 15.5% | 44.5% | 22,966 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | $73,685 | 42.3% | 11.0% | 30.3% | 19,094 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $73,119 | 48.1% | 14.1% | 41.7% | 90,096 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $72,488 | 44.9% | 13.8% | 30.5% | 100,033 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $71,394 | 36.7% | 21.2% | 36.9% | 5,385 |
| Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT | $70,608 | 45.3% | 13.8% | 39.3% | 12,320 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | $70,229 | 41.2% | 16.8% | 27.3% | 332,620 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $69,247 | 37.6% | 17.1% | 41.9% | 34,027 |
| New Haven-Milford, CT | $69,139 | 36.6% | 14.4% | 39.1% | 13,395 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $67,889 | 34.2% | 14.3% | 37.2% | 108,631 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $67,272 | 38.3% | 16.9% | 48.4% | 22,780 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $67,226 | 43.6% | 18.6% | 40.0% | 20,545 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $67,193 | 40.0% | 16.3% | 36.0% | 18,836 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA | $65,215 | 43.4% | 14.1% | 52.6% | 163,217 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $63,908 | 28.7% | 19.1% | 28.2% | 89,144 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $62,073 | 46.5% | 16.4% | 35.2% | 168,975 |
| Stockton, CA | $61,294 | 25.4% | 26.3% | 41.1% | 11,677 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $61,200 | 36.6% | 20.3% | 35.6% | 41,864 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $60,745 | 30.1% | 17.8% | 51.6% | 16,609 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $60,655 | 38.2% | 16.0% | 46.7% | 105,282 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | $60,003 | 39.0% | 17.9% | 37.2% | 38,561 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | $59,619 | 48.8% | 18.6% | 40.2% | 144,525 |
| Richmond, VA | $59,426 | 32.1% | 14.3% | 47.5% | 22,576 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | $58,476 | 43.9% | 18.9% | 41.3% | 101,085 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $58,348 | 47.0% | 11.3% | 34.0% | 10,643 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $58,183 | 50.8% | 13.1% | 51.7% | 23,342 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $57,574 | 39.3% | 21.5% | 36.0% | 10,395 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $55,770 | 31.1% | 17.3% | 38.8% | 44,212 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $55,709 | 31.7% | 29.5% | 44.3% | 10,474 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $55,480 | 23.0% | 33.7% | 34.3% | 14,730 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | $55,238 | 38.8% | 17.5% | 47.9% | 55,122 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $54,946 | 22.8% | 15.1% | 41.4% | 54,307 |
| Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI | $54,625 | 26.1% | 18.8% | 35.0% | 11,306 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $54,459 | 42.9% | 18.4% | 44.1% | 25,671 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $54,433 | 34.7% | 14.1% | 40.7% | 52,468 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | $54,295 | 41.4% | 12.7% | 46.9% | 6,025 |
| Fayetteville, NC | $53,869 | 37.8% | 13.3% | 50.7% | 5,974 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $53,841 | 38.4% | 21.2% | 51.2% | 17,435 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $53,637 | 39.3% | 14.7% | 35.1% | 22,978 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | $53,178 | 20.5% | 16.5% | 26.8% | 7,207 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $53,084 | 42.5% | 16.7% | 43.0% | 24,588 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $53,021 | 47.6% | 20.6% | 29.8% | 6,831 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $52,613 | 41.4% | 18.8% | 35.3% | 10,345 |
| Fresno, CA | $52,028 | 36.1% | 32.0% | 39.8% | 5,102 |
| Springfield, MA | $51,671 | 40.1% | 26.8% | 39.4% | 6,213 |
| Akron, OH | $51,657 | 30.5% | 25.3% | 46.5% | 6,394 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | $51,541 | 38.3% | 10.8% | 41.5% | 5,127 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $51,339 | 31.8% | 25.2% | 22.2% | 29,161 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $50,519 | 43.8% | 15.5% | 45.7% | 16,608 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | $50,497 | 28.5% | 19.0% | 40.2% | 46,059 |
| Jackson, MS | $50,467 | 39.2% | 19.6% | 61.5% | 5,756 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $50,144 | 38.2% | 16.1% | 32.7% | 25,982 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $50,022 | 28.8% | 24.1% | 27.5% | 142,005 |
| Montgomery, AL | $48,713 | 36.7% | 27.2% | 48.9% | 5,376 |
| Columbus, OH | $47,787 | 24.4% | 27.5% | 25.0% | 63,910 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | $47,652 | 33.9% | 21.1% | 30.1% | 6,114 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | $47,500 | 35.5% | 27.1% | 37.7% | 17,008 |
| Knoxville, TN | $47,417 | 37.2% | 21.1% | 45.2% | 5,678 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $47,289 | 21.5% | 20.5% | 65.8% | 6,361 |
| Columbia, SC | $47,148 | 25.1% | 17.7% | 53.3% | 16,352 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $47,129 | 37.1% | 22.3% | 45.2% | 44,858 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | $46,932 | 33.1% | 20.4% | 23.9% | 13,749 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $45,392 | 25.2% | 23.2% | 24.0% | 7,047 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $44,265 | 35.1% | 19.2% | 32.0% | 18,906 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $44,167 | 43.3% | 42.9% | 31.9% | 6,353 |
| Rochester, MN | $43,348 | 23.5% | 28.9% | 20.6% | 6,193 |
| Albuquerque, NM | $43,125 | 47.5% | 32.6% | 29.2% | 5,754 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | $43,003 | 21.4% | 18.5% | 28.4% | 37,919 |
| Iowa City, IA | $42,628 | 33.8% | 31.7% | 13.9% | 5,667 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $42,492 | 19.5% | 28.7% | 29.6% | 19,542 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | $41,969 | 36.7% | 21.7% | 35.4% | 45,480 |
| Madison, WI | $41,477 | 34.2% | 22.4% | 19.8% | 9,581 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $41,005 | 26.4% | 30.2% | 19.7% | 12,280 |
| Rochester, NY | $40,724 | 34.1% | 34.6% | 31.6% | 9,854 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $40,568 | 34.4% | 19.4% | 49.1% | 6,124 |
| Dayton-Kettering, OH | $40,373 | 34.4% | 26.5% | 31.8% | 10,025 |
| Tulsa, OK | $40,319 | 35.5% | 16.5% | 37.7% | 6,992 |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH | $40,110 | 31.5% | 24.5% | 35.0% | 18,992 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | $39,391 | 25.1% | 23.9% | 47.9% | 17,968 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $38,591 | 26.5% | 32.5% | 26.6% | 12,116 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | $37,961 | 29.5% | 32.5% | 11.7% | 7,848 |
| Kankakee, IL | $37,067 | 15.6% | 28.1% | 30.1% | 8,611 |
| Tucson, AZ | $36,250 | 37.0% | 39.3% | 42.9% | 7,269 |
| Amarillo, TX | $36,222 | 13.4% | 37.5% | 24.6% | 5,315 |
| Greenville-Anderson, SC | $36,042 | 17.3% | 20.7% | 36.7% | 5,360 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $35,381 | 32.1% | 27.7% | 36.6% | 14,526 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | $34,375 | 23.3% | 40.7% | 4.1% | 9,982 |
| St. Cloud, MN | $33,420 | 12.0% | 55.0% | 6.4% | 8,758 |
| Toledo, OH | $32,036 | 18.4% | 32.5% | 27.5% | 9,221 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $31,593 | 25.0% | 33.0% | 32.2% | 27,864 |
| Syracuse, NY | $31,431 | 21.4% | 46.1% | 29.5% | 6,832 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | $30,953 | 20.5% | 46.7% | 39.9% | 6,718 |
| Danville, VA | $27,889 | 5.1% | 36.1% | 38.4% | 6,523 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | $26,102 | 9.0% | 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.
Subsaharan African Americans across cities
| Bowie | $125,536 | 61.9% | 5.6% | 84.4% | 6,125 |
| Germantown | $97,824 | 49.6% | 9.7% | 59.5% | 7,205 |
| San Jose | $88,995 | 40.4% | 11.3% | 18.2% | 8,660 |
| Yonkers | $84,884 | 47.9% | 8.1% | 15.6% | 5,217 |
| Columbia | $80,743 | 54.9% | 8.9% | 33.7% | 5,671 |
| Grand Prairie | $80,343 | 46.2% | 12.5% | 49.0% | 6,947 |
| Lowell | $77,220 | 34.5% | 7.2% | 32.2% | 5,113 |
| Fairland | $76,016 | 49.5% | 11.3% | 26.6% | 5,077 |
| Jersey City | $74,012 | 53.8% | 8.5% | 22.6% | 6,525 |
| Enterprise | $70,150 | 27.5% | 5.2% | 71.1% | 5,469 |
| Worcester | $69,023 | 41.1% | 12.8% | 23.1% | 11,699 |
| Brockton | $68,136 | 15.9% | 11.7% | 51.7% | 21,964 |
| Virginia Beach | $67,277 | 47.9% | 11.4% | 42.4% | 6,480 |
| Federal Way | $66,088 | 21.4% | 11.9% | 17.9% | 5,771 |
| Sacramento | $65,775 | 43.7% | 21.0% | 32.7% | 6,305 |
| Grand Rapids | $65,027 | 22.5% | 15.4% | 39.1% | 5,092 |
| New York | $64,761 | 38.1% | 19.2% | 21.1% | 200,508 |
| Irving | $64,082 | 54.5% | 7.7% | 19.6% | 7,387 |
| Bloomington | $63,625 | 29.0% | 19.0% | 31.1% | 5,155 |
| Austin | $62,375 | 51.6% | 21.8% | 23.4% | 11,000 |
| Brooklyn Park | $61,397 | 24.3% | 12.2% | 43.2% | 12,602 |
| Oakland | $60,868 | 45.8% | 11.8% | 19.8% | 13,375 |
| Aurora | $60,330 | 30.3% | 16.0% | 41.9% | 15,563 |
| Washington | $60,212 | 48.5% | 18.6% | 31.6% | 24,271 |
| Kent | $58,333 | 24.3% | 24.0% | 28.0% | 7,258 |
| Jacksonville | $58,319 | 32.4% | 18.4% | 49.9% | 14,153 |
| Providence | $57,800 | 41.5% | 14.4% | 46.2% | 9,285 |
| Arlington | $57,398 | 38.6% | 23.4% | 27.4% | 22,175 |
| Los Angeles | $57,333 | 46.3% | 18.7% | 21.5% | 42,807 |
| Portland | $57,248 | 39.6% | 26.5% | 33.2% | 8,597 |
| Chillum | $57,238 | 39.8% | 11.7% | 22.4% | 5,228 |
| Alexandria | $56,831 | 41.0% | 20.8% | 8.6% | 14,678 |
| Denver | $56,577 | 42.2% | 24.7% | 31.0% | 13,341 |
| Tacoma | $56,518 | 23.9% | 17.8% | 21.5% | 5,328 |
| Garland | $56,250 | 38.9% | 18.0% | 50.9% | 9,683 |
| Arlington | $56,034 | 46.5% | 18.5% | 11.7% | 6,064 |
| Durham | $56,031 | 46.4% | 10.8% | 28.9% | 7,214 |
| Raleigh | $55,427 | 48.6% | 13.1% | 50.3% | 12,968 |
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) | $54,733 | 29.6% | 18.2% | 35.0% | 31,608 |
| Fort Worth | $54,593 | 35.4% | 25.8% | 39.5% | 18,185 |
| Brooklyn Center | $54,582 | 26.1% | 7.9% | 30.6% | 5,121 |
| Charlotte | $54,359 | 34.6% | 14.6% | 36.3% | 30,069 |
| Boston | $54,262 | 30.2% | 19.6% | 25.5% | 27,408 |
| San Francisco | $53,442 | 53.6% | 25.0% | 20.1% | 5,777 |
| Sioux Falls | $53,137 | 20.5% | 16.7% | 26.1% | 6,988 |
| Baltimore | $52,748 | 37.5% | 24.7% | 39.7% | 24,948 |
| Suffolk | $52,283 | 19.1% | 19.0% | 40.7% | 12,369 |
| Newark | $52,145 | 39.3% | 28.9% | 19.3% | 19,228 |
| Philadelphia | $51,197 | 34.7% | 22.7% | 43.0% | 40,461 |
| San Diego | $50,856 | 30.0% | 29.5% | 17.8% | 16,153 |
| Silver Spring | $49,775 | 45.3% | 19.0% | 14.8% | 10,845 |
| Greensboro | $49,176 | 39.1% | 24.1% | 33.1% | 11,683 |
| St. Louis | $49,028 | 34.5% | 28.4% | 29.9% | 7,267 |
| Oklahoma City | $48,688 | 38.4% | 21.2% | 31.2% | 6,596 |
| Phoenix | $48,044 | 30.4% | 23.6% | 26.8% | 19,474 |
| Seattle | $47,736 | 29.0% | 30.7% | 15.5% | 20,968 |
| Chicago | $47,649 | 43.8% | 24.1% | 31.9% | 45,637 |
| Des Moines | $47,548 | 12.2% | 31.5% | 34.0% | 8,233 |
| Lexington-Fayette urban county | $47,396 | 32.8% | 16.4% | 30.9% | 5,036 |
| Paterson | $47,250 | 4.7% | 26.5% | 13.8% | 6,834 |
| Pawtucket | $47,097 | 17.6% | 13.6% | 37.1% | 11,584 |
| Omaha | $45,712 | 29.1% | 22.2% | 21.3% | 11,151 |
| Spring Valley | $44,907 | 16.7% | 14.9% | 22.2% | 8,980 |
| Dallas | $44,528 | 41.1% | 23.6% | 11.3% | 34,423 |
| New Bedford | $44,328 | 13.0% | 21.0% | 28.3% | 10,456 |
| Houston | $43,523 | 39.6% | 25.3% | 19.4% | 62,050 |
| Columbus | $43,332 | 21.6% | 30.1% | 20.8% | 50,849 |
| Rochester | $43,326 | 23.4% | 29.3% | 20.5% | 6,097 |
| Norfolk | $43,306 | 31.6% | 21.6% | 22.0% | 5,161 |
| Memphis | $41,569 | 25.4% | 22.2% | 36.4% | 8,991 |
| Madison | $41,124 | 30.7% | 20.9% | 19.7% | 6,676 |
| Atlanta | $40,251 | 49.4% | 24.3% | 27.7% | 10,237 |
| Las Vegas | $40,225 | 23.5% | 18.2% | 30.3% | 8,305 |
| Stockton | $38,988 | 18.0% | 35.2% | 29.6% | 7,969 |
| Milwaukee | $38,750 | 33.2% | 23.5% | 35.5% | 7,692 |
| Indianapolis city (balance) | $38,069 | 32.7% | 22.4% | 32.4% | 35,978 |
| San Antonio | $38,009 | 39.8% | 23.5% | 21.9% | 8,875 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) | $37,061 | 14.7% | 33.8% | 26.0% | 15,214 |
| Cincinnati | $36,483 | 30.2% | 22.7% | 23.1% | 9,674 |
| Kansas City | $36,348 | 32.3% | 15.6% | 31.9% | 8,496 |
| Pittsburgh | $36,089 | 35.5% | 23.1% | 25.3% | 5,676 |
| St. Paul | $36,062 | 23.7% | 31.6% | 13.1% | 17,117 |
| Detroit | $34,795 | 27.8% | 29.0% | 59.0% | 10,957 |
| Little Rock | $34,395 | 33.1% | 33.2% | 35.8% | 6,522 |
| Columbia | $34,295 | 19.9% | 17.6% | 36.7% | 5,464 |
| St. Cloud | $34,214 | 13.7% | 51.3% | 6.3% | 7,781 |
| Kankakee | $33,403 | 8.8% | 33.7% | 23.8% | 5,692 |
| Birmingham | $33,201 | 21.0% | 27.9% | 44.7% | 6,440 |
| Richmond | $32,361 | 23.0% | 23.5% | 34.3% | 5,278 |
| Toledo | $31,835 | 13.6% | 31.2% | 28.5% | 7,488 |
| Buffalo | $31,670 | 20.4% | 44.3% | 19.3% | 8,113 |
| Fargo | $31,446 | 23.0% | 30.9% | 2.5% | 7,693 |
| Syracuse | $30,512 | 18.5% | 50.3% | 25.7% | 5,569 |
| Rochester | $28,977 | 31.5% | 43.0% | 26.9% | 5,329 |
| Tucson | $28,370 | 28.4% | 44.6% | 32.4% | 5,702 |
| Shreveport | $26,168 | 17.0% | 52.2% | 39.5% | 5,334 |
| Minneapolis | $26,101 | 17.2% | 45.2% | 11.1% | 33,179 |
| New Orleans | $26,020 | 22.5% | 36.1% | 28.4% | 21,751 |
| Canton | $22,144 | 7.5% | 41.7% | 15.0% | 5,698 |
| Cleveland | $21,196 | 21.3% | 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.
Frequently asked
About 4,209,725 US residents are of Subsaharan African ancestry, roughly 1.3% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
New York, NY has the largest Subsaharan African population of any US city, with about 206,457 residents of Subsaharan African ancestry.
Texas leads all states with about 462,867 residents of Subsaharan African ancestry.
Subsaharan African Americans have a median household income of about $69,734, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.
Other ancestry groups
DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024