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- The Best Cities for Black Women
- Economic Realities
- Expert Panel: Improving Livability
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- Methodology
- Full Data Set
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Where can Black women feel supported and flourish financially? When posed that question, Dr. Lori Martin, a professor of African and African American studies and sociology at Louisiana State University, had this to say: "A livable place for Black women is safe, and for women with children, it is home to schools where all students have access to an excellent education. It would also be diverse, with a visible and thriving Black community, including Black businesses.”
While the socioeconomic realities of our current time touch all corners of the country, there are pockets of the U.S. where the wealth gap narrows and Black women have more opportunities. MoneyGeek analyzed data on income, the cost of crime, homeownership and poverty levels from 200 cities across the United States to rank the best — and worst — cities for Black women to live and financially flourish in.
Key Findings:
Suburban cities of large metropolitan areas ranked highest.
Southfield, outside of Detroit; New Rochelle, a suburb of New York City; and Missouri City, a suburb of Houston, ranked highest in the analysis.
Opportunities for Black women were vastly different in many cities geographically close to each other.
South Florida was home to four cities at the bottom of the ranking and two cities in the top 25. San Bernardino, CA, ranked 179th of 200 for Black women, while Rancho Cucamonga, CA, a 25-minute drive away, ranked as one of the best (12th).
Black women’s Equal Pay Day came at different times for cities around the country.
Disparities in pay between white men and Black women mean local Equal Pay Days are different in cities across the country. In Riverside, CA, the median pay of Black women was higher than the median pay of white men. In Stamford, CT, Black women made one-third of what white men do, meaning a Black woman would need to work until December 29th, 2022, to earn the equivalent of a white man’s 2020 pay.
The Best and Worst Cities for Black Women
MoneyGeek ranked 200 cities with populations greater than 65,000 from the best to the worst for Black women. The ranking includes analysis of income, poverty rate, homeownership, educational attainment, and health insurance gaps between Black women and the entire population nationally and locally. The size of the local Black population and the cost of crime in the area was included in the ranking to reflect the presence of the Black community and safety, respectively. Southfield, a suburb of Detroit and New Rochelle, a New York City suburb, ranked highest in the analysis.
In contrast, Corpus Christi, Texas, ranked lowest for Black women. In Corpus Christi, Black women face high poverty rates in absolute and relative terms, associated low income rates, and have the worst rate of health insurance coverage for Black women between 18–64 of the cities analyzed. The analysis finds a trend common to Americans overall, in that cities that are best for Black women can be geographically close to some of the worst. The Miami / South Florida area has four cities ranked lowest for Black women and one of the best cities for Black Women in the top five.
Income disparity is a key measure of how well Black women are doing today. For each city in the analysis, we calculated the local Equal Pay Day, the day in the following year when Black women would make an equivalent amount as a white man, using the median income of Black women working full time and the median income of white men working full time in each locality. In Riverside, California, the median pay of Black women is higher than the median pay of white men. In Stamford, Connecticut, Black women make one-third of what white men do, meaning a Black woman would need to work until December 29th, 2022, to earn the equivalent of a white man’s 2020 pay. These data are presented in the full data set at the end of this analysis.
The 25 Best Cities for Black Women
City | FinalScore | |
|---|---|---|
1. | Southfield, MI | 100.0 |
2. | New Rochelle, NY | 97.4 |
3. | Missouri City, TX | 90.6 |
4. | Alexandria, VA | 86.6 |
5. | Pembroke Pines, FL | 85.6 |
6. | Inglewood, CA | 85.4 |
7. | Fairfield, CA | 85.2 |
8. | Sandy Springs, GA | 82.4 |
9. | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 82.2 |
10. | Grand Prairie, TX | 80.8 |
11. | Irving, TX | 80.8 |
12. | Moreno Valley, CA | 79.4 |
13. | Compton, CA | 78.2 |
14. | Virginia Beach, VA | 77.7 |
15. | Aurora, IL | 77.7 |
16. | Hampton, VA | 73.2 |
17. | Palmdale, CA | 73.2 |
18. | Springfield, MA | 72.8 |
19. | Hawthorne, CA | 72.3 |
20. | Tyler, TX | 71.3 |
21. | Norwalk, CT | 71.3 |
22. | Elk Grove, CA | 70.8 |
23. | Riverside, CA | 70.8 |
24. | Chesapeake, VA | 70.7 |
25. | Miramar, FL | 70.3 |
The 15 Worst Cities for Black Women
City | FinalScore | |
|---|---|---|
1. | Corpus Christi, TX | 0.0 |
2. | Miami, FL | 12.7 |
3. | Gulfport, MS | 13.3 |
4. | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 15.7 |
5. | Pompano Beach, FL | 15.9 |
6. | Allentown, PA | 16.6 |
7. | Boynton Beach, FL | 19.5 |
8. | North Little Rock, AR | 20.2 |
9. | Kalamazoo, MI | 20.5 |
10. | Abilene, TX | 20.7 |
11. | Waukegan, IL | 21.6 |
12. | Canton, OH | 22.9 |
13. | Erie, PA | 24.2 |
14. | Des Moines, IA | 24.5 |
15. | Springfield, IL | 24.7 |
The Economic Realities Black Women Face
Black women serve a critical role in the American economy, contributing $3.8 billion to the GDP annually. Often the breadwinners for their families, they have the highest labor force participation rate for women and make up 21% of all women-owned businesses.
Even with these significant contributions, Black women live at the intersection of multiple barriers and experience the compounded effects of racial and gender bias. This combination results in low-wage jobs and a significant wealth gap: Black women who work full-time, year-round earn 62 cents for every one dollar white men earn working full-time, year-round.
Less access to economic opportunities puts Black women at a disadvantage in building wealth. The FDIC’s Survey of Household Use of Banking and Financial Services showed that 13.8% of Black households were unbanked versus 2.5% of white households. Unbanked households are credit invisible — that is, they don’t have a credit history and, therefore, can’t build credit. Having no credit history makes it difficult to take advantage of credit cards to manage cash needs and mortgages to buy homes.
Blacks are twice as likely to use payday loans, which may be appealing as a temporary fix for cash-flow problems but make it challenging to grow financially. That’s because 69% of people who utilize payday loans do so to cover recurring expenses like credit card bills, rent and food. Recurrent use of these high-fee services can create a vicious cycle where people using payday loans are locked into a continual shortage of cash, in part due to high fees.Black women also face health care disparities, experience higher rates of poverty and victimization from violence and lag behind in earnings and homeownership.
Expert Panel: Improving Livability for Black Women
Access to jobs, higher pay and health care are some of the unique challenges Black women face when it comes to livability experiences, explains Kalinda Ukanwa, Ph.D., an assistant professor of marketing at the Marshall School of Business. MoneyGeek interviewed Dr. Ukanwa and other experts to elaborate on the unique challenges that Black women face and the solutions to help them. The views expressed are the opinions and insights of the individual contributors.
- If economic policies were enacted to help Black women achieve more economically, what might they be? What might the positive and negative impacts be?
- What resources would you recommend to Black women trying to find a livable city?
- What do you think are some of the unique challenges that affect Black women's livability experiences?
- What makes a “livable” place for Black women?
- If economic policies were enacted to help Black women achieve more economically, what might they be? What might the positive and negative impacts be?
- What are steps Black women can take to close their own personal gap?
- What would you recommend to Black women trying to find a livable city?
Kalinda Ukanwa, MBA, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Marketing, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Dr. Lori Latrice Martin, PhD
Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology at Louisiana State University
Lyneisha Jackson, AICP
Certified Community Planner and LEED Green Associate
Dr. Ijeoma Opara
Assistant Professor, Yale School of Public Health
Angela Simms
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies at Barnard College
Advocating for Economic Opportunities for Black Women
Even before the pandemic, Black women were underpaid nearly $50 billion in forfeited wages, the Economic Policy Institute reported. COVID-19 has only heightened how the racial/gender wage gap and unemployment have disproportionately affected Black women, who suffered the most significant job losses. But there are tools and resources that can provide Black women economic opportunities and empowerment. Dr. Ukanwa shares additional solutions.
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Invest in education.
Research has already shown that degrees increase lifetime earnings, close some societal gaps and increase job security. But if degrees are not your path, it also means continuing to build that knowledge and expertise in something you can be the best at. Figure out your expertise and what you bring to the table.
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After building your expertise in a field, build your reputation and personal brand.
With an excellent reputation and personal brand, people will start to seek you out rather than the other way around. This increases the worth of your expertise.
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Find out what your expertise is worth.
Educate yourself on how to negotiate. Negotiate to be paid what you are worth.
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Get into the habit of ownership.
Build your own equity, which decreases the dependence on someone else for your income. For example, this could be your own business, stocks or real estate.
Methodology
To rank the Best Cities for Black Women, MoneyGeek analyzed data from the American Community Survey, MoneyGeek’s Safest Cities and Safest Small Cities and Towns studies, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. MoneyGeek started with over 600 places in America with populations of 65,000 or more. Places without granular data about Black women or lacking other data points for the analysis were removed to get to the final set of 200 cities.
The ranking of the Best Cities for Black Women was based on eight factors: safety, Black population, educational attainment, poverty rates, income, employment, health insurance and homeownership. Each factor was weighted equally and scaled to a score between 0 and 1. The factors were calculated as follows:
Safety (full weight): Safety was based on the per capita cost of crime calculated in MoneyGeek’s Safest Cities series. The cost of crime was logged to adjust the distribution.
Black Population (full weight): Representing an available community of Black individuals, the Black population was adjusted to a log scale. For communities with Black populations below 20,000 and representing less than 12% of the population, the score for this value was set to zero.
Educational Attainment (full weight): This metric equally comprises two metrics.
- High School Diploma Gap (50%): the difference in percentage points of the rate of Black high school diploma achievement compared to the national rate of white high school diploma achievement.
- Higher Education Diploma Gap (50%): the difference in percentage points of the rate of Black bachelor degree or greater educational attainment compared to the national rate of white bachelor degree or greater educational attainment.
Poverty Rate (full weight): The percentage point difference of the city’s rate of Black women earning at or above the poverty level and the rate of all other women living above the poverty level nationally.
Income (full weight): This factor equally comprises two metrics.
- Local Income Gap (50%): the ratio of Black female median income as a percentage of the local median income of white males.
- National Income Gap (50%): the ratio of Black female median income adjusted for purchasing power as a percentage of the national median income of white males.
Employment (full weight): The difference in percentage points between the Black female employment rate and the white male employment rate in the locality.
Health Insurance (full weight): The difference in percentage points between the rate of Black women ages 18-64 that have health insurance and the rate of health insurance for all other races nationally.
Black Female Homeownership (full weight): This factor comprises three metrics.
- Local Owner-Occupied Gap (25%): the difference between the Black household owner occupation rate and the owner occupation rate of all other races in the locality.
- National Owner-Occupied Gap (25%): the difference between the Black household owner occupation rate in the locality and the owner occupation rate of all other races nationally.
- Black Female Income to Home Value (50%): the ratio of Black alone female median income to local median home value.
Full Data Set
The data points presented are defined as follows:
- Rank: rank in the overall analysis with the lower the rank indicating a higher overall score.
- Final Score: This is the weighted score incorporating the factors defined in the study Methodology.
- Black Population: The size of the Black population.
- Median Black Woman Adjusted Income: The median income for Black women in the city adjusted for purchasing power.
- Cost of Crime per Capita: The societal costs of crime on a per capita basis as described in the Methodology.
- % Black Women Above Poverty Level: The percentage of the Black female population at or above the poverty level.
- Local Black Women's Equal Pay Day: Calculated as the percentage greater the median full-time white male income in the locality than the median full-time Black female income. It is assumed that the income ratio calculated is the same in 2020 as the 2019 data set shows.
- Black Women Homeownership Score: This is the Black Female Homeownership factor defined in the Methodology.
Rank | City | FinalScore | BlackPopulation | Median BlackWomanAdj. Income | Cost ofCrimeper Capita | % BlackWomen AbovePoverty Level | LocalBlack Women'sEqual PayDay | Black WomenHome-ownershipScore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Southfield, MI | 100.0 | 45,167 | $52,601 | $643 | 89% | 3/31/2021 | 38 |
2 | New Rochelle, NY | 97.4 | 13,510 | $58,563 | $187 | 82% | 3/28/2021 | 7 |
3 | Missouri City, TX | 90.6 | 31,765 | $46,594 | $373 | 98% | 6/25/2021 | 61 |
4 | Alexandria, VA | 86.6 | 33,266 | $55,713 | $422 | 92% | 6/26/2021 | 12 |
5 | Pembroke Pines, FL | 85.6 | 40,152 | $41,490 | $775 | 88% | 1/10/2021 | 38 |
6 | Inglewood, CA | 85.4 | 43,590 | $45,883 | $939 | 85% | 2/6/2021 | 32 |
7 | Fairfield, CA | 85.2 | 16,993 | $43,394 | $1,063 | 88% | 3/18/2021 | 32 |
8 | Sandy Springs, GA | 82.4 | 24,523 | $47,552 | $342 | 95% | 12/31/2021 | 1 |
9 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 82.2 | 14,331 | $61,193 | $680 | 87% | 3/4/2021 | 25 |
10 | Grand Prairie, TX | 80.8 | 40,009 | $43,383 | $642 | 96% | 4/27/2021 | 33 |
11 | Irving, TX | 80.8 | 33,906 | $41,484 | $612 | 85% | 3/7/2021 | 15 |
12 | Moreno Valley, CA | 79.4 | 40,111 | $46,699 | $1,329 | 81% | 1/21/2021 | 25 |
13 | Compton, CA | 78.2 | 21,659 | $46,691 | $3,298 | 88% | 1/30/2021 | 61 |
14 | Virginia Beach, VA | 77.7 | 85,176 | $40,522 | $946 | 91% | 7/24/2021 | 21 |
15 | Aurora, IL | 77.7 | 21,403 | $40,493 | $1,020 | 92% | 8/16/2021 | 36 |
16 | Hampton, VA | 73.2 | 67,315 | $39,697 | $1,682 | 85% | 6/28/2021 | 32 |
17 | Palmdale, CA | 73.2 | 24,708 | $33,442 | $1,113 | 86% | 7/6/2021 | 15 |
18 | Springfield, MA | 72.8 | 29,399 | $40,855 | $2,558 | 81% | 6/22/2021 | 47 |
19 | Hawthorne, CA | 72.3 | 18,505 | $40,371 | $1,288 | 93% | 4/2/2021 | 16 |
20 | Tyler, TX | 71.3 | 26,827 | $34,010 | $691 | 83% | 8/10/2021 | 26 |
21 | Norwalk, CT | 71.3 | 15,040 | $41,902 | $440 | 85% | 11/14/2021 | 18 |
22 | Elk Grove, CA | 70.8 | 16,212 | $49,482 | $327 | 86% | 7/20/2021 | 25 |
23 | Riverside, CA | 70.8 | 17,525 | $51,879 | $1,304 | 92% | equal or better | 21 |
24 | Chesapeake, VA | 70.7 | 73,569 | $39,438 | $1,021 | 88% | 8/17/2021 | 24 |
25 | Miramar, FL | 70.3 | 66,435 | $32,282 | $563 | 92% | 5/23/2021 | 42 |
26 | Richmond, CA | 70.3 | 20,178 | $45,747 | $2,793 | 85% | 8/25/2021 | 15 |
27 | New York, NY | 69.0 | 2,060,119 | $37,000 | $1,120 | 80% | 9/20/2021 | 20 |
28 | Mount Vernon, NY | 68.9 | 44,844 | $40,578 | $1,027 | 85% | 7/27/2021 | 32 |
29 | Mesa, AZ | 68.5 | 28,816 | $40,571 | $830 | 87% | 4/16/2021 | 13 |
30 | Coral Springs, FL | 68.5 | 34,317 | $36,140 | $439 | 83% | 7/3/2021 | 16 |
31 | Yonkers, NY | 68.2 | 41,974 | $41,801 | $756 | 80% | 7/10/2021 | 17 |
32 | Henderson, NV | 68.2 | 19,843 | $43,505 | $601 | 92% | 8/3/2021 | 14 |
33 | Rialto, CA | 68.0 | 17,317 | $38,797 | $1,677 | 94% | 4/10/2021 | 33 |
34 | Raleigh, NC | 67.9 | 137,734 | $43,155 | $531 | 83% | 9/14/2021 | 21 |
35 | Warren, MI | 67.8 | 27,438 | $34,313 | $1,400 | 88% | 11/28/2021 | 14 |
36 | North Las Vegas, NV | 67.2 | 50,226 | $36,645 | $1,919 | 86% | 6/2/2021 | 22 |
37 | Aurora, CO | 67.0 | 64,979 | $39,403 | $1,939 | 87% | 8/22/2021 | 26 |
38 | Arlington, TX | 66.6 | 95,214 | $40,816 | $1,234 | 83% | 5/28/2021 | 20 |
39 | Vallejo, CA | 66.3 | 24,043 | $42,354 | $2,372 | 79% | 5/25/2021 | 13 |
40 | Durham, NC | 65.9 | 105,393 | $42,422 | $2,407 | 83% | 7/28/2021 | 26 |
41 | Charlotte, NC | 65.5 | 313,204 | $39,404 | $2,182 | 87% | 12/8/2021 | 27 |
42 | Suffolk, VA | 65.2 | 38,737 | $37,456 | $1,177 | 86% | 8/22/2021 | 28 |
43 | Plano, TX | 64.7 | 27,322 | $36,967 | $396 | 88% | 1/22/2022 | 1 |
44 | Sacramento, CA | 64.6 | 60,056 | $44,896 | $1,567 | 79% | 5/22/2021 | 23 |
45 | Little Rock, AR | 64.0 | 83,562 | $41,219 | $4,268 | 83% | 7/19/2021 | 29 |
46 | Waterbury, CT | 63.9 | 23,285 | $37,976 | $1,039 | 82% | 8/28/2021 | 38 |
47 | Albuquerque, NM | 63.4 | 17,712 | $60,973 | $3,453 | 83% | equal or better | 29 |
48 | Hartford, CT | 63.3 | 45,821 | $38,150 | $2,919 | 82% | 10/22/2021 | 46 |
49 | Bridgeport, CT | 63.1 | 47,762 | $38,617 | $1,954 | 81% | 1/11/2022 | 45 |
50 | Los Angeles, CA | 63.0 | 344,360 | $38,519 | $1,647 | 76% | 4/24/2021 | 19 |
51 | Clarksville, TN | 63.0 | 38,866 | $41,154 | $1,846 | 79% | 4/26/2021 | 26 |
52 | Boston, MA | 62.9 | 173,098 | $36,667 | $1,416 | 83% | 12/7/2021 | 21 |
53 | San Diego, CA | 62.9 | 87,265 | $35,976 | $927 | 83% | 7/17/2021 | 13 |
54 | Evanston, IL | 62.6 | 12,283 | $44,127 | $440 | 88% | 5/7/2022 | 10 |
55 | Tamarac, FL | 62.1 | 20,703 | $23,722 | $915 | 85% | 10/11/2021 | 38 |
56 | Longview, TX | 61.1 | 15,545 | $50,100 | $1,310 | 74% | 2/26/2021 | 37 |
57 | Plantation, FL | 60.8 | 24,568 | $36,110 | $584 | 89% | 4/16/2021 | 7 |
58 | Charleston, SC | 60.6 | 29,585 | $32,130 | $1,215 | 83% | 2/7/2022 | 16 |
59 | Fayetteville, NC | 60.6 | 87,700 | $35,311 | $2,475 | 77% | 5/6/2021 | 37 |
60 | Las Vegas, NV | 60.4 | 77,834 | $38,535 | $1,412 | 74% | 5/8/2021 | 9 |
61 | Portsmouth, VA | 60.3 | 50,972 | $43,229 | $3,170 | 73% | 5/15/2021 | 31 |
62 | New Haven, CT | 60.2 | 43,479 | $39,865 | $2,262 | 70% | 7/31/2021 | 38 |
63 | Buffalo, NY | 60.1 | 94,822 | $35,628 | $3,190 | 73% | 8/28/2021 | 40 |
64 | Colorado Springs, CO | 60.1 | 31,432 | $35,943 | $1,530 | 85% | 8/2/2021 | 22 |
65 | St. Petersburg, FL | 59.8 | 51,397 | $36,270 | $1,578 | 85% | 6/17/2021 | 28 |
66 | Washington, DC | 59.4 | 320,704 | $43,019 | $3,731 | 81% | 1/18/2022 | 21 |
67 | Decatur, IL | 59.2 | 17,322 | $37,319 | $2,502 | 68% | 8/30/2021 | 47 |
68 | Chandler, AZ | 58.7 | 14,417 | $38,571 | $607 | 82% | 9/28/2021 | 15 |
69 | Joliet, IL | 58.1 | 26,738 | $42,617 | $1,994 | 85% | 7/17/2021 | 21 |
70 | San Jose, CA | 57.7 | 30,288 | $39,919 | $1,044 | 81% | 12/3/2021 | |
71 | Long Beach, CA | 57.4 | 52,141 | $35,923 | $1,487 | 76% | 6/2/2021 | 14 |
72 | Fort Worth, TX | 57.3 | 171,689 | $41,209 | $1,509 | 83% | 5/23/2021 | 25 |
73 | Bakersfield, CA | 57.0 | 26,672 | $40,611 | $1,672 | 75% | 7/28/2021 | 19 |
74 | Philadelphia, PA | 56.9 | 657,343 | $35,802 | $3,499 | 75% | 11/10/2021 | 39 |
75 | El Paso, TX | 56.3 | 23,085 | $40,434 | $1,167 | 95% | 2/20/2021 | 34 |
76 | Wichita Falls, TX | 56.2 | 12,693 | $44,321 | $1,098 | 84% | 1/22/2021 | 38 |
77 | San Antonio, TX | 55.8 | 112,670 | $41,397 | $1,909 | 79% | 3/19/2021 | 25 |
78 | Detroit, MI | 55.7 | 521,857 | $36,689 | $7,080 | 73% | 10/14/2021 | 68 |
79 | Austin, TX | 55.3 | 76,480 | $36,757 | $1,052 | 80% | 9/13/2021 | 9 |
80 | Hayward, CA | 55.3 | 15,163 | $46,300 | $879 | 92% | 8/17/2021 | 15 |
81 | Phoenix, AZ | 55.2 | 122,763 | $36,768 | $1,850 | 79% | 6/4/2021 | 12 |
82 | Gainesville, FL | 55.1 | 30,248 | $36,376 | $1,280 | 84% | 7/7/2021 | 21 |
83 | Rochester, NY | 55.0 | 83,449 | $36,514 | $2,736 | 77% | 8/6/2021 | 42 |
84 | Fort Wayne, IN | 54.8 | 40,495 | $36,563 | $1,597 | 78% | 8/22/2021 | 22 |
85 | Portland, OR | 54.2 | 36,862 | $40,164 | $1,443 | 74% | 7/31/2021 | 23 |
86 | Newport News, VA | 54.0 | 74,156 | $36,473 | $2,287 | 81% | 8/15/2021 | 20 |
87 | Garland, TX | 53.8 | 39,227 | $35,770 | $1,020 | 77% | 8/8/2021 | 35 |
88 | Oakland, CA | 53.7 | 108,013 | $36,806 | $3,507 | 76% | 1/18/2022 | 20 |
89 | Tacoma, WA | 53.7 | 25,068 | $42,058 | $2,110 | 86% | 8/13/2021 | 15 |
90 | Greenville, NC | 53.6 | 38,724 | $33,545 | $1,245 | 77% | 12/4/2021 | 17 |
91 | Lawton, OK | 53.4 | 17,187 | $37,618 | $3,153 | 73% | 5/2/2021 | 30 |
92 | Westland, MI | 53.3 | 12,909 | $41,930 | $811 | 71% | 7/25/2021 | 15 |
93 | Denver, CO | 53.1 | 62,853 | $40,596 | $2,173 | 75% | 8/28/2021 | 26 |
94 | Columbus, OH | 52.3 | 263,796 | $37,891 | $1,766 | 75% | 9/21/2021 | 21 |
95 | Albany, NY | 52.3 | 23,059 | $38,646 | $1,490 | 75% | 9/2/2021 | 17 |
96 | San Francisco, CA | 52.3 | 48,225 | $40,160 | $1,401 | 76% | 5/16/2022 | 12 |
97 | Killeen, TX | 52.2 | 64,973 | $35,941 | $1,628 | 74% | 6/19/2021 | 32 |
98 | Chicago, IL | 52.0 | 782,431 | $39,104 | $3,136 | 76% | 9/6/2021 | 23 |
99 | Elizabeth, NJ | 51.8 | 27,360 | $29,203 | $1,497 | 86% | 3/7/2022 | 8 |
100 | Flint, MI | 51.1 | 52,944 | $40,592 | $4,401 | 69% | 7/30/2021 | 100 |
101 | Warner Robins, GA | 51.1 | 30,742 | $39,916 | $1,340 | 86% | 8/17/2021 | 23 |
102 | Sunrise, FL | 51.1 | 30,552 | $27,207 | $767 | 76% | 12/22/2021 | 47 |
103 | Miami Gardens, FL | 50.9 | 72,250 | $28,454 | $3,386 | 87% | 6/25/2021 | 43 |
104 | Anchorage, AK | 50.8 | 15,207 | $36,052 | $3,110 | 86% | 9/10/2021 | 20 |
105 | Wilmington, DE | 50.7 | 38,802 | $44,766 | $5,409 | 71% | 9/13/2021 | 29 |
106 | Providence, RI | 50.3 | 37,817 | $32,911 | $1,536 | 68% | 11/8/2021 | 35 |
107 | Pasadena, CA | 49.9 | 8,182 | $43,346 | $926 | 81% | 9/9/2021 | 25 |
108 | Lynchburg, VA | 49.8 | 23,704 | $29,623 | $867 | 77% | 10/1/2021 | 14 |
109 | Pittsburgh, PA | 49.5 | 71,191 | $39,025 | $1,962 | 75% | 9/4/2021 | 27 |
110 | Jersey City, NJ | 49.5 | 60,542 | $33,689 | $1,207 | 77% | 11/21/2021 | 26 |
111 | Milwaukee, WI | 49.4 | 226,762 | $37,554 | $3,445 | 73% | 9/24/2021 | 26 |
112 | Worcester, MA | 49.0 | 24,158 | $29,462 | $1,588 | 68% | 3/15/2022 | 18 |
113 | Indianapolis, IN | 48.6 | 250,615 | $39,727 | $3,646 | 78% | 8/18/2021 | 26 |
114 | Seattle, WA | 48.1 | 55,955 | $38,434 | $1,324 | 76% | 4/11/2022 | 5 |
115 | New Orleans, LA | 47.9 | 229,418 | $37,753 | $5,073 | 72% | 11/16/2021 | 29 |
116 | Jacksonville, FL | 47.5 | 284,385 | $34,756 | $2,473 | 79% | 9/5/2021 | 22 |
117 | Baltimore, MD | 47.3 | 371,243 | $37,453 | $8,179 | 78% | 11/12/2021 | 34 |
118 | Brockton, MA | 47.3 | 51,631 | $35,472 | $1,687 | 85% | 12/16/2021 | 32 |
119 | Dayton, OH | 46.7 | 52,630 | $36,083 | $5,081 | 74% | 10/4/2021 | 49 |
120 | Stockton, CA | 46.6 | 31,426 | $39,146 | $2,942 | 80% | 12/4/2021 | 28 |
121 | Lafayette, LA | 45.8 | 37,610 | $34,311 | $1,978 | 70% | 2/5/2022 | 22 |
122 | Kansas City, MO | 45.7 | 129,375 | $38,175 | $5,109 | 82% | 9/18/2021 | 28 |
123 | Syracuse, NY | 45.7 | 45,318 | $29,200 | $2,567 | 62% | 6/30/2021 | 37 |
124 | Lansing, MI | 45.4 | 26,440 | $40,504 | $2,687 | 69% | 6/16/2021 | 42 |
125 | Paterson, NJ | 45.0 | 37,815 | $33,588 | $2,387 | 74% | 11/23/2021 | 35 |
126 | Beaumont, TX | 44.8 | 52,622 | $36,818 | $3,123 | 85% | 12/6/2021 | 31 |
127 | Akron, OH | 44.2 | 58,601 | $37,161 | $2,776 | 69% | 8/11/2021 | 42 |
128 | Tucson, AZ | 43.9 | 28,528 | $32,784 | $1,818 | 83% | 9/3/2021 | 16 |
129 | Hammond, IN | 43.8 | 19,486 | $36,520 | $1,927 | 66% | 8/6/2021 | 29 |
130 | Greensboro, NC | 43.8 | 127,349 | $39,416 | $2,653 | 70% | 7/29/2021 | 17 |
131 | Hollywood, FL | 43.7 | 34,019 | $28,813 | $1,155 | 85% | 8/5/2021 | 15 |
132 | Winston-Salem, NC | 43.5 | 88,464 | $35,812 | $2,377 | 75% | 7/29/2021 | 19 |
133 | Cleveland, OH | 42.8 | 189,865 | $37,002 | $4,544 | 68% | 10/20/2021 | 52 |
134 | Shreveport, LA | 42.7 | 108,150 | $34,312 | $3,194 | 70% | 3/25/2022 | 32 |
135 | Lakeland, FL | 42.6 | 23,681 | $33,572 | $1,218 | 77% | 8/8/2021 | 19 |
136 | Norfolk, VA | 42.1 | 100,025 | $32,746 | $2,415 | 78% | 10/22/2021 | 17 |
137 | Dallas, TX | 41.9 | 330,519 | $38,846 | $2,682 | 78% | 6/23/2021 | 20 |
138 | Peoria, IL | 41.9 | 30,292 | $31,286 | $3,799 | 71% | 1/12/2022 | 21 |
139 | South Bend, IN | 41.3 | 28,275 | $35,753 | $3,257 | 67% | 8/28/2021 | 41 |
140 | Baton Rouge, LA | 40.7 | 113,957 | $34,364 | $4,604 | 76% | 4/10/2022 | 23 |
141 | St. Paul, MN | 40.6 | 50,813 | $29,259 | $1,884 | 75% | 4/12/2022 | 8 |
142 | Jackson, TN | 40.6 | 31,822 | $31,160 | $4,044 | 79% | 1/10/2022 | 23 |
143 | Tampa, FL | 40.6 | 94,204 | $30,554 | $1,402 | 75% | 12/28/2021 | 19 |
144 | Oklahoma City, OK | 40.5 | 90,300 | $39,346 | $2,384 | 68% | 7/4/2021 | 22 |
145 | Fresno, CA | 40.4 | 37,875 | $44,109 | $1,717 | 62% | 2/27/2021 | 18 |
146 | Richmond, VA | 40.4 | 104,272 | $34,086 | $3,176 | 76% | 12/28/2021 | 23 |
147 | Memphis, TN | 40.3 | 409,998 | $36,068 | $5,637 | 77% | 10/6/2021 | 34 |
148 | Trenton, NJ | 40.2 | 42,262 | $34,549 | $3,284 | 69% | 11/27/2021 | 49 |
149 | Daytona Beach, FL | 40.0 | 22,549 | $33,137 | $3,523 | 75% | 6/18/2021 | 41 |
150 | Cincinnati, OH | 39.9 | 125,214 | $35,545 | $3,450 | 72% | 11/21/2021 | 16 |
151 | Houston, TX | 39.7 | 534,981 | $33,528 | $2,616 | 76% | 10/8/2021 | 19 |
152 | Birmingham, AL | 39.7 | 142,107 | $35,918 | $4,453 | 69% | 11/29/2021 | 44 |
153 | Victorville, CA | 39.5 | 22,685 | $47,346 | $1,475 | 66% | 1/16/2021 | 27 |
154 | Orlando, FL | 39.4 | 61,670 | $26,788 | $2,054 | 79% | 10/27/2021 | 23 |
155 | Gary, IN | 39.0 | 55,369 | $28,545 | $8,786 | 74% | 4/21/2022 | 50 |
156 | Atlanta, GA | 39.0 | 248,709 | $36,490 | $3,026 | 69% | 9/12/2022 | 20 |
157 | Pittsburg, CA | 38.6 | 9,335 | $42,739 | $1,840 | 79% | 10/6/2021 | 5 |
158 | Toledo, OH | 38.2 | 76,848 | $42,274 | $2,638 | 62% | 6/10/2021 | 37 |
159 | Stamford, CT | 38.1 | 21,081 | $26,196 | $711 | 87% | 12/29/2022 | 9 |
160 | Wilmington, NC | 37.2 | 22,782 | $37,633 | $1,530 | 71% | 5/31/2021 | 18 |
161 | West Palm Beach, FL | 36.6 | 40,301 | $28,423 | $2,649 | 80% | 8/16/2021 | 16 |
162 | Columbia, SC | 36.3 | 47,503 | $34,160 | $3,526 | 73% | 10/7/2021 | 18 |
163 | Cambridge, MA | 35.8 | 13,954 | $38,257 | $511 | 77% | 3/3/2022 | 3 |
164 | Waterloo, IA | 35.7 | 12,258 | $30,405 | $856 | 72% | 11/11/2021 | 15 |
165 | Newark, NJ | 34.3 | 140,648 | $28,746 | $2,921 | 74% | 3/19/2022 | 25 |
166 | High Point, NC | 34.3 | 39,359 | $33,149 | $2,836 | 79% | 9/15/2021 | 11 |
167 | Grand Rapids, MI | 34.2 | 37,938 | $34,926 | $1,339 | 63% | 8/17/2021 | 19 |
168 | Jackson, MS | 33.8 | 129,690 | $33,831 | $5,875 | 77% | 12/6/2021 | 36 |
169 | Omaha, NE | 33.5 | 61,657 | $34,313 | $1,550 | 80% | 11/4/2021 | 17 |
170 | Tallahassee, FL | 33.1 | 75,379 | $28,515 | $2,230 | 68% | 11/29/2021 | 10 |
171 | Wichita, KS | 32.8 | 40,916 | $34,257 | $2,734 | 74% | 9/17/2021 | 22 |
172 | St Louis, MO | 32.8 | 135,967 | $39,996 | 75% | 9/16/2021 | 25 | |
173 | Rockford, IL | 32.3 | 32,042 | $34,863 | $2,661 | 61% | 11/10/2021 | 21 |
174 | Tempe, AZ | 31.3 | 14,782 | $41,079 | $1,229 | 82% | 6/30/2021 | |
175 | Tulsa, OK | 30.5 | 58,254 | $34,847 | $3,004 | 68% | 10/4/2021 | 22 |
176 | Lake Charles, LA | 30.5 | 38,778 | $31,922 | $2,381 | 62% | 7/20/2022 | 27 |
177 | Roanoke, VA | 29.8 | 30,538 | $28,083 | $2,064 | 70% | 12/30/2021 | 20 |
178 | Greenville, SC | 29.7 | 16,556 | $31,709 | $1,548 | 76% | 8/16/2022 | 13 |
179 | San Bernardino, CA | 29.7 | 33,969 | $29,839 | $3,959 | 76% | 8/28/2021 | |
180 | Waco, TX | 29.3 | 28,254 | $27,242 | $1,672 | 71% | 7/19/2021 | 26 |
181 | North Charleston, SC | 28.8 | 52,938 | $29,149 | $3,917 | 81% | 3/13/2022 | 26 |
182 | Albany, GA | 26.5 | 54,399 | $41,204 | $3,157 | 68% | 10/14/2021 | 30 |
183 | Chattanooga, TN | 26.4 | 53,674 | $34,248 | $3,622 | 76% | 9/1/2021 | 18 |
184 | Knoxville, TN | 26.2 | 28,611 | $29,707 | $2,338 | 61% | 11/29/2021 | 24 |
185 | Minneapolis, MN | 25.2 | 82,973 | $39,356 | $2,499 | 64% | 9/11/2021 | 3 |
186 | Springfield, IL | 24.7 | 24,303 | $30,925 | $2,051 | 62% | 1/8/2022 | 2 |
187 | Des Moines, IA | 24.5 | 29,088 | $29,137 | $1,814 | 71% | 4/3/2022 | 6 |
188 | Erie, PA | 24.2 | 14,772 | $28,399 | $1,725 | 46% | 10/31/2021 | 15 |
189 | Canton, OH | 22.9 | 19,859 | $36,735 | $3,067 | 63% | 8/15/2021 | 30 |
190 | Waukegan, IL | 21.6 | 17,758 | $25,090 | $643 | 69% | 8/15/2022 | 23 |
191 | Abilene, TX | 20.7 | 13,948 | $24,302 | $1,180 | 72% | 3/27/2022 | 15 |
192 | Kalamazoo, MI | 20.5 | 19,305 | $29,733 | $3,093 | 66% | 1/5/2022 | 22 |
193 | North Little Rock, AR | 20.2 | 27,574 | $34,958 | $3,108 | 65% | 9/11/2021 | 23 |
194 | Boynton Beach, FL | 19.5 | 25,824 | $27,188 | $1,544 | 91% | 9/5/2021 | 24 |
195 | Allentown, PA | 16.6 | 21,307 | $29,221 | $1,193 | 59% | 1/29/2022 | 16 |
196 | Pompano Beach, FL | 15.9 | 30,200 | $25,151 | $1,846 | 73% | 10/13/2021 | 24 |
197 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 15.7 | 56,716 | $27,027 | $2,120 | 75% | 4/16/2022 | 19 |
198 | Gulfport, MS | 13.3 | 29,980 | $32,977 | $2,386 | 48% | 6/19/2021 | 30 |
199 | Miami, FL | 12.7 | 73,250 | $26,936 | $1,808 | 70% | 7/25/2021 | 21 |
200 | Corpus Christi, TX | 0.0 | 13,816 | $33,519 | $2,188 | 64% | 8/10/2021 | 23 |
About Erin C. Perkins
As a longtime writer and editor with a master's degree in journalism, Erin has written about a variety of topics over the years including lifestyle, business, entertainment and government, but she has spent the last few years focused on various money topics like banking, insurance and budgeting for AAA Living Magazine, Wells Fargo and BB&T. She loves creating content that inspires financial empowerment.
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FAQs
The Best Cities for Black Women to Flourish Financially? ›
1. Atlanta. You can't mention one of the best cities for Black people and not mention Atlanta, Even though the ratio “may ” be slightly lopsided with regards to the ratio of single women to men, it should still be high on your list as a favorite for Black singles.
What is the best state for African American to live? ›- Hawaii. #1 in Equality. #25 in Best States Overall. ...
- Vermont. #2 in Equality. #11 in Best States Overall. ...
- Kentucky. #3 in Equality. #41 in Best States Overall. ...
- West Virginia. #4 in Equality. #47 in Best States Overall. ...
- Virginia. #5 in Equality. ...
- Oregon. #6 in Equality. ...
- New Hampshire. #7 in Equality. ...
- Maryland. #8 in Equality.
1. Atlanta. You can't mention one of the best cities for Black people and not mention Atlanta, Even though the ratio “may ” be slightly lopsided with regards to the ratio of single women to men, it should still be high on your list as a favorite for Black singles.
What is the best state for Black professionals? ›- Washington, DC. Coming in first place is Washington, DC! ...
- Atlanta, GA. Atlanta is awarded second place for the best cities for Black professionals with a final score of 69.22! ...
- San Antonio, TX. ...
- Houston, TX. ...
- Dallas, TX.
- Virginia. The city of Richmond in Virginia. ...
- Michigan. Lansing City, the capital of Michigan. ...
- Florida. Ace Cafe in Orlando, Florida. ...
- North Carolina. The city of Raleigh in North Carolina. ...
- Georgia. The town of Atlanta in Georgia. ...
- Colorado. ...
- Indiana. ...
- Oklahoma.
| City | State | Black % |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit | Michigan | 80.38% |
| Birmingham | Alabama | 69.82% |
| Miami Gardens | Florida | 66.97% |
| Memphis | Tennessee | 63.34% |
In 2021, most of the US population livedin the South (38.4 percent of the total U.S. population). The ten states with the largest non-Hispanic black population in 2020 were Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia.
Where do most Black entrepreneurs live? ›| Rank | 1 |
|---|---|
| Metro | Atlanta, GA |
| Total businesses | 116,798 |
| Black-owned businesses | 8,663 |
| % of Black-owned businesses | 7.4% |
Where Black young adults move to. Bar chart showing that among Black young adults who moved between ages 16 and 26, 6.7% moved to Atlanta, 3% moved to Houston, and 2.8% moved to Washington D.C. Washington, D.C. Charlotte, N.C.
What states do Black dominate in USA? ›States with the Highest Black Population
Texas has the highest Black population in the United States of 3,936,669, about 14% of Texas's total population. Texas is the second-most diverse state in the U.S. Following Texas is Florida with 3,867,495 (18%), New York with 3,763,977 (19%), and Georgia with 3,549,349 (34%).
What areas have the most black wealth? ›
There are other counties where the typical Black household earns more: The highest-income Black families in the nation actually live on the western edge of the D.C. metro area in Virginia's Loudoun County, which is also home to the highest incomes overall.
Where do most Black people vacation? ›- North America & Caribbean: Barbados.
- South America: Medellin, Colombia.
- Europe: Florence, Italy.
- Asia: Philippines.
- Oceania: Sydney, Australia.
- Africa: Zanzibar, Tanzania.
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According to our metrics, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is the place where Black Americans fare best economically. Located about 35 miles southeast of Nashville, Murfreesboro has a poverty rate of 8% among Black residents, which is the lowest in our study.
What city in Florida has the highest Black population? ›Now, Miami Gardens — the largest majority-black city in the state — is waging a fight against the novel coronavirus.
Where do the black elite live in Atlanta? ›In the 1920s, Hunter Street (now Martin Luther King Drive) and Collier Heights became the black elite neighborhoods of choice, while today areas in far southwest of the city around Camp Creek Marketplace, neighborhoods such as Niskey Lake, are also popular.
Where do most African Americans live in Florida? ›Today, large concentrations of black residents can be found in northern and central Florida. Aside from blacks descended from African slaves brought to the southern U.S., there are also large numbers of blacks of West Indian, recent African, and Afro-Latino immigrant origins, especially in the Miami/South Florida area.
What cities have declining Black population? ›San Francisco has had the largest decrease in black population, 23 percent from 1990 to 2000, but Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego also have had losses.
Who is the first Black millionaire? ›Madam C.J.
Walker (1867-1919), who started life as a Louisiana sharecropper born to formerly enslaved parents in 1867, is usually cited as the first Black millionaire.
Between 2010 and 2020, Fort Worth, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Jacksonville, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina, were the cities with the largest gains in Black residents. Figures from the 2020 census show each city gaining between 32,000 and 40,000 Black residents.
What state has the least amount of blacks? ›| % Black or African- American alone | Rank | State or territory |
|---|---|---|
| 0.91% | 53 | Wyoming |
| 0.50% | 54 | Montana |
| 0.1% | 55 | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 0.02% | 56 | American Samoa |
What is the largest race in the world? ›
Lower literacy rates are found mostly in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The world's largest ethnic group is Han Chinese, constituting over 19% of the global population in 2011. In terms of the largest number of native speakers, Mandarin is the world's most spoken language.
What city is best to start a black business? ›When searching for the best city for Black entrepreneurs, look no further than New York City. With its endless opportunities, easy access to venture capital and other resources, diverse workforce and vibrant culture, NYC is a great place for any business owner to get started.
What is the biggest black-owned business? ›There are more than 2 million Black-owned businesses in the United States. World Wide Technology is the largest Black-owned business in the country.
What state is most supportive for Black-owned businesses? ›Nearly half of all African-American women-led startups were in California and New York. In fact, according to BlackBusiness.com, New York state has the most (regardless of the gender of the owner) Black-owned businesses—-204,093—which is 10.6% of the businesses in the state, followed by Georgia, Florida, and Texas.
Where do rich Millennials live? ›California is home to 44% of the nation's millennial millionaires, between the ages of 23 and 28, who are concentrated in Silicon Valley. New York, Florida, Massachusetts, Texas, Washington, New Jersey, Virginia, Illinois and Maryland round out the top 10 states.
Where are Gen Z moving to? ›Washington, D.C. tops the list, followed by Columbia, S.C. and Boston. Here are the most popular cities Gen Z is moving to, according to data pulled from the Census Bureau's 2021 1-year American Community Survey. D.C. took the top spot with a landslide win, as over 22,000 Gen Z residents relocated there.
Where are most Gen Z living? ›The five largest U.S. cities – New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia – all had net migration increases for Gen Z while experiencing net decreases for all other generations, according to an analysis of Census Bureau 2021 American Community Survey by Today's Homeowner.
What state has the most Black businesses? ›Three of the four most populous states also lead in the number of estimated businesses with majority Black or African American ownership: Florida had 15,149 such businesses in 2020, California had 13,729 and New York had 12,636.
What is the most dominant race in the US? ›As of 2020, White Americans are the racial majority, with non-Hispanic whites representing 57.8% of the population. Hispanic and Latino Americans are the largest ethnic minority, comprising 18.7% of the population, while Black or African Americans are the second largest racial minority, making up 12.1%.
What percentage of America is Black owned? ›Table 3 shows that Black people comprise approximately 14% of the U.S. population, but only 2.3% of owners of employer firms. White-owned employer firms represent 83.5% of all employer firms—8.2 percentage points higher than the white share of the population.
What area is considered black Beverly Hills? ›
This has led neighborhoods in the Baldwin Hills — a collection of affluent wealthy and middle-class areas including Baldwin Hills Estates, Ladera Heights, Baldwin Vista, and especially View Park — to be known as “The Black Beverly Hills.”
Is there a lot of black millionaires? ›Specifically, Black people represent 8% of total millionaires in the U.S., 76% are white, 8% are Asian, and the Hispanic community captures 7% of the total millionaire population across the country.
Which black country is the most developed? ›Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development. Currently, Mauritius is the only African country that falls into the very high human development category.
What city in Florida is best for Black families? ›Orlando, Florida
Orlando is one of the best places for Black families offering a huge melting pot of cultures with lots of diversity.
At a regional scale African-Americans are clustered in the Southeast, Hispanics in the Southwest, Asian- Americans in the West, and American Indians in the Southwest and Plains states.
What are the successful Black towns? ›Today, only thirteen historical All-Black towns still survive, but their legacy of economic and political freedom is well remembered. Towns still surviving today are Boley, Brooksville, Clearview, Grayson, Langston, Lima, Red Bird, Rentiesville, Summit, Taft, Tatums, Tullahassee, and Vernon.
What is the Black capital of America? ›This exhibition celebrates the rich and diverse culture of Harlem, New York. In the 1920s and 1930s, Harlem became a symbol of the African American struggle for civil and economic equality while emerging as a flourishing center of black culture, art and music.
Which state is economically the best in USA? ›GDP per capita also varied widely throughout the United States in 2021, with New York ($93,463), Massachusetts ($91,130), and Washington state ($86,265) recording the three highest GDP per capita figures in the U.S., while Mississippi ($42,411), Arkansas ($47,770), and West Virginia ($49,017) recorded the three lowest ...
What are the top 10 blackest states? ›- Louisiana - 33.24%
- Georgia - 31.76%
- Maryland - 30.76%
- South Carolina - 27.02%
- Alabama - 26.47%
- Delaware - 23.03%
- North Carolina - 22.34%
- Virginia - 20.41%
Five cities found on both lists remain: Atlanta; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas; Houston; and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Nashville, Tennessee, and Columbus, Ohio, represent returnees from our 2004 roster.
What are the top states for black farmers? ›
% of Farms
Texas has more black farmers than any other state, but they make up only 3 percent of the state's total farmers. Black farmers make up a larger share of total farmers in Mississippi (12%), Louisiana (7%), South Carolina (7%), Alabama (6%), and Georgia (4%).
- Vermont 95.6%
- Maine 95.4%
- West Virginia 94.4%
- New Hampshire 93.7%
- Wyoming 92.0%
- Montana 90.9%
- Idaho 90.2%
- Iowa 89.8%
There's a reason Slaves Without Masters won the National History Society's Best Book Prize, and Berlin is the Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland in College Park (fitting also because Maryland was the state with the largest population of free blacks in 1860 — 83,942 — and the highest ...
What are African Americans at high risk for? ›Compared to their white counterparts, African Americans are generally at higher risk for heart diseases, stroke, cancer, asthma, influenza and pneumonia, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS, according to the Office of Minority Health, part of the Department for Health and Human Services.
Where do most Black farmers live? ›Freestone and Smith counties, in northeastern Texas, rank among the three counties with the most Black-operated farms, with more than 300 in each county. A West Texas native, I embarked on a journey to document and truly harness the beauty of being a descendant of Black farmers.
Which state has the richest farmers in USA? ›The wealthiest farmer in the United States lives and farms in California.
What states have the most Black towns? ›But one unique feature of the state is its large number of historical all- black towns. In fact, as early as the mid-nineteenth century and through the turn of the twentieth-century, African Americans settled over 20 towns throughout Oklahoma–more than any other U.S. state.