African Americans in Atlanta
Dark red indicates that the area is over 90% African American. | |
| Total population | |
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| 2,120,112 | |
| 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 |
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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 activism and culture; a cradle of the Civil Rights Movement.
As of 2020, Metropolitan Atlanta contains the second largest Black population in the United States, following New York. 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. As per the 2023 American Community Survey's 1-Year Estimates, Metro Atlanta had 2,120,112 residents identified as Black alone and 2,302,073 residents identified as either Black alone or Black in combination with other races.