Cities in California by black or African American population share

Inglewood, CA had the highest black or African American population share of 376 cities in 2022, at 38.4%. Mendota, CA had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 2.4% and the figure for California was 5.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest38.4Inglewood, CA

Lowest0Mendota, CA

Median2.4376 cities

California5.3History

Top 40 cities, 2022

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Inglewood, CA	38.4	-1.5 pts
2	Hawthorne, CA	25.6	-0.6 pts
3	Compton, CA	25	-1.6 pts
4	California City, CA	22.4	+2.4 pts
5	Carson, CA	22.3	+0.1 pts
6	Oakland, CA	21.3	-0.3 pts
7	Suisun City, CA	21.1	+1.9 pts
8	Lancaster, CA	20.7	+0.7 pts
9	Gardena, CA	19.4	+0.4 pts
10	Hercules, CA	19.2	+2.1 pts
11	Antioch, CA	18.8	-0.7 pts
12	Vallejo, CA	17.8	+0.4 pts
13	Richmond, CA	17.8	-0.2 pts
14	Moreno Valley, CA	17.1	-0.3 pts
15	Victorville, CA	16.8	+1.1 pts
16	Emeryville, CA	16.1	-1.5 pts
17	Fairfield, CA	15.1	-0.5 pts
18	Lemon Grove, CA	15.1	-0.2 pts
19	Barstow, CA	14.9	+1.6 pts
20	Pittsburg, CA	14.8	+1.5 pts
21	Adelanto, CA	14.1	-1.7 pts
22	Susanville, CA	12.7	-0.9 pts
23	East Palo Alto, CA	12.7	+2.4 pts
24	Bellflower, CA	11.9	-0.6 pts
25	Sacramento, CA	11.9	-0.9 pts
26	Rialto, CA	11.8	-0.8 pts
27	Palmdale, CA	11.8	-0.7 pts
28	Pinole, CA	11.6	+0.5 pts
29	Long Beach, CA	11.5	-0 pts
29	San Bernardino, CA	11.5	0 pts
31	Rio Vista, CA	11.3	-1.1 pts
32	Stockton, CA	11.1	+0.2 pts
33	Blythe, CA	11.1	-0.8 pts
34	San Pablo, CA	11.1	+0.1 pts
35	Elk Grove, CA	10.9	+0.4 pts
36	Rancho Cordova, CA	10.6	-0.1 pts
37	San Leandro, CA	10.1	+0.4 pts
38	Corcoran, CA	10	-2.9 pts
39	Beaumont, CA	9.6	+1.3 pts
40	Brentwood, CA	9.4	+0.4 pts
41	Signal Hill, CA	9.4	-1.1 pts
42	Colton, CA	8.8	+0.1 pts
43	Paramount, CA	8.7	+1.3 pts
44	Hayward, CA	8.7	-0.4 pts
45	Perris, CA	8.7	+0.3 pts
46	Desert Hot Springs, CA	8.6	+0.8 pts
47	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	8.6	-0.6 pts
48	Lakewood, CA	8.5	+0.4 pts
49	Lynwood, CA	8.5	+0.4 pts
50	Oakley, CA	8.4	0 pts
51	Twentynine Palms, CA	8.3	-1.3 pts
52	Vacaville, CA	8.3	-1 pts
53	Los Angeles, CA	8.2	-0.1 pts
54	Cerritos, CA	8.1	-0.1 pts
55	Hemet, CA	8.1	+0.1 pts
56	Fontana, CA	8	-0.4 pts
57	Lathrop, CA	8	+0.1 pts
58	Soledad, CA	7.8	-1.5 pts
59	Culver City, CA	7.8	-0.8 pts
60	Pasadena, CA	7.7	+0.2 pts
61	Berkeley, CA	7.5	+0.3 pts
62	Apple Valley, CA	7.5	+0.8 pts
63	San Jacinto, CA	7.4	+0.7 pts
64	La Mesa, CA	7.3	+0.1 pts
65	Banning, CA	7.1	+0.4 pts
66	Eastvale, CA	7.1	-0.3 pts
67	Tehachapi, CA	6.8	-0.1 pts
68	Alameda, CA	6.8	+0.8 pts
69	Highland, CA	6.8	+0.5 pts
70	Menifee, CA	6.5	+0.3 pts
71	Upland, CA	6.5	+1 pts
72	Chino, CA	6.5	0 pts
73	Lake Elsinore, CA	6.3	-0.8 pts
74	Fresno, CA	6.2	-0.3 pts
74	Loma Linda, CA	6.2	-2.1 pts
76	Hanford, CA	6.2	+1.2 pts
77	Lawndale, CA	6.2	-1.2 pts
77	Mountain House, CA	6.2	-0.1 pts
79	Marina, CA	6.1	-0.5 pts
80	American Canyon, CA	6.1	-1.4 pts
81	Bakersfield, CA	6.1	-0.6 pts
82	Seaside, CA	5.9	-1.2 pts
83	Chowchilla, CA	5.7	-1 pts
84	El Cajon, CA	5.7	-0.5 pts
85	Monrovia, CA	5.6	+0.6 pts
85	San Diego, CA	5.6	-0.1 pts
87	Tracy, CA	5.5	+0.6 pts
88	Corona, CA	5.5	-0.1 pts
89	Claremont, CA	5.4	-0.2 pts
90	Palm Springs, CA	5.4	+0.7 pts
91	Riverside, CA	5.4	-0 pts
92	Sierra Madre, CA	5.2	+1 pts
93	Ontario, CA	5.2	-0.1 pts
94	Murrieta, CA	5.2	-0 pts
95	Santa Monica, CA	5.1	+0.7 pts
96	Duarte, CA	5	+0.5 pts
97	Redlands, CA	5	-1.2 pts
98	San Francisco, CA	4.9	0 pts
99	Montclair, CA	4.9	+0.6 pts
100	Chula Vista, CA	4.9	0 pts
101	Lemoore, CA	4.8	-1 pts
102	El Segundo, CA	4.8	+0.1 pts
102	Lomita, CA	4.8	-0.9 pts
104	Patterson, CA	4.8	+1.2 pts
105	Pomona, CA	4.8	-0.7 pts
106	Union City, CA	4.7	0 pts
107	El Cerrito, CA	4.7	+0.5 pts
108	La Palma, CA	4.6	+0.6 pts
109	Atwater, CA	4.5	+0.5 pts
110	West Sacramento, CA	4.4	+0.2 pts
111	Folsom, CA	4.4	-0.2 pts
112	Clearlake, CA	4.3	+0.4 pts
113	Modesto, CA	4.3	-0 pts
114	National City, CA	4.3	+0.2 pts
115	Norwalk, CA	4.2	-0.1 pts
116	Dublin, CA	4.2	+0.6 pts
117	Artesia, CA	4.2	-2.8 pts
118	Delano, CA	4.1	-0.3 pts
118	West Hollywood, CA	4.1	+0.1 pts
120	Wasco, CA	4.1	-1.3 pts
121	West Covina, CA	4.1	-0.4 pts
122	Merced, CA	4.1	+0.2 pts
123	Imperial Beach, CA	4.1	-0.6 pts
124	Chino Hills, CA	4	-0.3 pts
124	Oceanside, CA	4	-0.4 pts
126	Albany, CA	4	-0 pts
127	Pleasant Hill, CA	3.9	+0.4 pts
128	Grand Terrace, CA	3.9	-0.6 pts
129	Santa Clarita, CA	3.9	-0 pts
130	Coalinga, CA	3.9	+1.1 pts
131	Hesperia, CA	3.7	+0.3 pts
131	Oroville, CA	3.7	-1.2 pts
133	Los Alamitos, CA	3.6	-0.2 pts
133	Rohnert Park, CA	3.6	+0.6 pts
135	Concord, CA	3.6	+0.2 pts
136	Benicia, CA	3.6	-0 pts
136	Ridgecrest, CA	3.6	-0 pts
138	Avenal, CA	3.5	-0.4 pts
138	Downey, CA	3.5	+0.1 pts
140	Temecula, CA	3.5	+0.4 pts
141	Diamond Bar, CA	3.5	-0.5 pts
142	South Pasadena, CA	3.5	-0.3 pts
143	Coronado, CA	3.4	-0.2 pts
143	Santa Fe Springs, CA	3.4	-0.2 pts
145	Novato, CA	3.4	+0.2 pts
146	Manteca, CA	3.3	-0.6 pts
147	Monterey, CA	3.3	-0.3 pts
148	La Verne, CA	3.3	0 pts
148	Norco, CA	3.3	-1.1 pts
148	Red Bluff, CA	3.3	+0.6 pts
151	Covina, CA	3.3	+0.5 pts
152	Lompoc, CA	3.3	+0.8 pts
153	Jurupa Valley, CA	3.2	-0 pts
154	Camarillo, CA	3.2	+0.7 pts
154	Torrance, CA	3.2	+0.2 pts
156	Cypress, CA	3.2	+0.6 pts
157	Newark, CA	3.1	-0.2 pts
158	Wildomar, CA	3.1	+0.5 pts
159	El Centro, CA	3.1	+0.6 pts
159	Fremont, CA	3.1	+0.3 pts
161	Madera, CA	3.1	-0.7 pts
162	Vista, CA	3.1	+0.1 pts
162	Yucca Valley, CA	3.1	-1.5 pts
164	Menlo Park, CA	3.1	-0.1 pts
165	San Dimas, CA	3	+0.4 pts
166	Redondo Beach, CA	3	0 pts
167	Port Hueneme, CA	2.9	0 pts
168	Azusa, CA	2.9	+0.1 pts
168	Burbank, CA	2.9	0 pts
168	Martinez, CA	2.9	-0.2 pts
171	Palos Verdes Estates, CA	2.9	+0.5 pts
172	Clovis, CA	2.9	0 pts
172	Walnut, CA	2.9	-0.2 pts
174	Citrus Heights, CA	2.8	-0.5 pts
175	Hawaiian Gardens, CA	2.8	+0.3 pts
176	Palm Desert, CA	2.8	+0.1 pts
177	San Jose, CA	2.8	-0 pts
178	San Ramon, CA	2.7	-0.1 pts
178	Tulare, CA	2.7	-0.6 pts
180	Arcata, CA	2.7	+0.9 pts
181	Poway, CA	2.7	+0.9 pts
182	Placentia, CA	2.6	+0.1 pts
183	Aliso Viejo, CA	2.6	+0.1 pts
183	Daly City, CA	2.6	-0.6 pts
185	Moorpark, CA	2.5	-0.6 pts
186	Bell, CA	2.5	+0.1 pts
187	Walnut Creek, CA	2.5	+0.1 pts
188	Calabasas, CA	2.4	0 pts
189	Glendora, CA	2.4	+0.3 pts
190	Eureka, CA	2.4	-0 pts
191	Anaheim, CA	2.4	-0.1 pts
192	Alhambra, CA	2.4	+0.3 pts
193	Goleta, CA	2.3	-0.1 pts
194	Indio, CA	2.3	-0.4 pts
195	Morgan Hill, CA	2.3	+0.9 pts
196	Canyon Lake, CA	2.2	+1.1 pts
196	Visalia, CA	2.2	+0.1 pts
198	Santa Clara, CA	2.2	-0.5 pts
199	Turlock, CA	2.2	-0.3 pts
200	Calimesa, CA	2.2	+0.2 pts
200	Yuba City, CA	2.2	+0.1 pts
202	Buena Park, CA	2.2	-0.4 pts
203	Milpitas, CA	2.1	-1 pts
204	Dixon, CA	2.1	-0.3 pts
204	Escondido, CA	2.1	+0.1 pts
204	Foster City, CA	2.1	-0.3 pts
204	Galt, CA	2.1	+0.3 pts
204	Lake Forest, CA	2.1	-0.2 pts
204	Los Banos, CA	2.1	+0.1 pts
210	Davis, CA	2.1	+0.2 pts
211	Tustin, CA	2.1	-0.2 pts
212	Mountain View, CA	2.1	-0.3 pts
213	Palo Alto, CA	2	-0.1 pts
214	Pacifica, CA	2	-0.3 pts
215	Chico, CA	2	-0 pts
216	Gilroy, CA	2	+0.6 pts
217	Roseville, CA	2	-0 pts
217	Thousand Oaks, CA	2	+0.3 pts
219	Fullerton, CA	1.9	-0.1 pts
220	Santa Cruz, CA	1.9	+0.1 pts
221	South San Francisco, CA	1.9	+0.1 pts
222	Imperial, CA	1.9	+0.1 pts
222	San Mateo, CA	1.9	-0 pts
224	Redwood City, CA	1.8	-0.1 pts
225	Oxnard, CA	1.8	-0.1 pts
226	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	1.8	+0.1 pts
227	Laguna Niguel, CA	1.8	+0.4 pts
228	Shafter, CA	1.7	+0.2 pts
229	Irvine, CA	1.7	+0.1 pts
229	La Habra, CA	1.7	-0.2 pts
229	Mill Valley, CA	1.7	+0.3 pts
229	Stanton, CA	1.7	+0.2 pts
233	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	1.7	-0.2 pts
234	Glendale, CA	1.7	-0.1 pts
235	Livermore, CA	1.7	-0.1 pts
236	Beverly Hills, CA	1.7	+0.1 pts
237	San Clemente, CA	1.7	+0.1 pts
238	San Rafael, CA	1.6	0 pts
238	Santa Rosa, CA	1.6	-0.3 pts
240	Cathedral City, CA	1.6	-0.4 pts
240	Ceres, CA	1.6	-1.3 pts
242	Clayton, CA	1.6	+0.2 pts
242	La Mirada, CA	1.6	+0.1 pts
244	Woodland, CA	1.6	-0.1 pts
245	Campbell, CA	1.6	-0.6 pts
246	La Quinta, CA	1.6	0 pts
246	Rancho Mirage, CA	1.6	-0.1 pts
248	Lincoln, CA	1.5	+0.6 pts
249	Agoura Hills, CA	1.5	0 pts
250	Pleasanton, CA	1.5	-0.2 pts

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People who are not Hispanic or Latino and report Black or African American as their only race, as a percentage of the total population. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

US federal statistics ask about Hispanic origin and race separately, and Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race. The shares for White, Black and Asian count people who are not Hispanic and report that race alone, so the published shares do not add up to 100 (people of two or more races and other races are not shown). EU and Spanish statistics do not collect race.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in California by black or African American population share, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in California by black or African American population share, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/black-population-share/california-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Inglewood, CA, with 38.4% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Mendota, CA, with 0% in 2022.

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