Top 10 reported ancestries for Black residents of Greater Boston and the U.S., by share of total Black population. 2020.

Note: Black population here includes all respondents selecting 'Black,' whether alone or in combination with another race. 'African Ancestry' is a general choice that is presented alongside, and is mutually exclusive of, specific countries of ancestry like 'Nigeria.' This chart excludes respondents who did not fill in an ancestry.
Chart: Boston Indicators Source: 2016-2020 ACS, IPUMS USA, University of Minnesota, www.ipums.org.