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In 1860 forty-nine percent of the city's population was made up of enslaved people of color. In 1860 nearby Fort Bend County had a population with twice as many black slaves as white residents; it was one of six majority-black counties statewide. [24] From the 1870s to the 1890s, black people made up almost 40% of Houston's population. [14]
In the central city, from 1950 to 1960, the African-American population increased by 20,299. Their percentage of the total population increased during that period from 23.4% to 31.1% because large numbers of white people left the central city. In 1970 the African-American population numbered 316,922, 25.7% of the city population. [8]
The following is a list of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States with large African American populations. As a result of slavery, more than half of African Americans live in the South. [1] The data is sourced from the 2010 and 2020 United States Censuses.
African American alone (NH) % ... The Hispanic population exceeded the Black population for the first time in the 2020 Census Houston [4] Texas: 2,304,580. 545,989 ...
Among U.S. metro areas, Houston added the most Hispanic residents, and Dallas the most Asian and Black residents, according to population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.
About 80 percent of the city population is African-American. A quarter of Metro Detroit ... Houston Suburbs. Barrett - Black population, 2,324 (44.50%) in 2020 Census;
This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.
Indeed, less than 0.1% of the Black population actually lives in a county or city even close to parity. ... Washington, D.C., Seattle, Houston, Atlanta, and Chicago. While these types of cities ...