Identity & heritage community ranking

Top African communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_087E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	New York, New York	83,099	8,468,353
#2	Houston, Texas	27,674	3,320,004
#3	Chicago, Illinois	23,379	2,694,535
#4	Los Angeles, California	22,697	3,848,831
#5	Indianapolis, Indiana	21,743	924,560
#6	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	17,171	1,580,199
#7	New Orleans, Louisiana	16,529	371,853
#8	Charlotte, North Carolina	14,870	926,122
#9	Louisville, Kentucky	14,319	780,810
#10	Las Vegas, Nevada	14,240	1,645,118

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Canton, Ohio	6.57%	144,086
#2	Columbia, Tennessee	5.89%	67,482
#3	Texarkana, Texas	5.57%	61,238
#4	Suffolk, Virginia	5.29%	98,333
#5	New Orleans, Louisiana	4.45%	371,853
#6	Irvington, New Jersey	3.55%	60,867
#7	Joliet, Illinois	3.53%	112,152
#8	Laurel, Maryland	3.48%	123,707
#9	North Little Rock, Arkansas	3.17%	68,926
#10	Akron, Ohio	3.01%	197,854

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Ancestry: 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_087E) — default ranking lens

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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