African Americans in Atlanta

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African Americans in Atlanta

Dark red indicates that the area is over 90% African American.
Total population
2,120,112[1]
Regions with significant populations
Throughout Atlanta and its suburbs
Languages
Southern American English, African-American English, African-American Vernacular English, American English
Religion
Black Protestant, irreligion[2]

Black Atlantans form a major population group in the Atlanta metropolitan area, encompassing both those of African-American ancestry as well as those of recent Caribbean or African origin. Atlanta has long been known as a center of Black entrepreneurship, higher education, political power and culture; a cradle of the Civil Rights Movement.^[3]

As of 2020, Metropolitan Atlanta contains the second largest Black population in the United States, following New York.^[4] This represents a nearly five-fold numerical increase from 1970, when Metro Atlanta had the 13th-largest Black population in the nation. In 2010 Metro Atlanta's Black population modestly surpassed that of Chicago, with the gap widening as of the 2020 Census.^[4] As per the 2023 American Community Survey's 1-Year Estimates, Metro Atlanta had 2,120,112 residents identified as Black alone^[5] and 2,302,073 residents identified as either Black alone or Black in combination with other races.^[6]