About two-thirds of Bay Area residents who only identify as Black note African American ancestry, compared to about one-third of multiracial Black residents.

Share of Black residents in the Bay Area, by primary region of ancestry and identification with other racial/ethnic groups, 2020

Black only
Black & Latinx
Black & Multiracial (non-Latinx)
US (African American)
65%
30%
36%
Other/Unspecified
18%
21%
25%
Sub-Saharan Africa
14%
3%
7%
Central/South America
0%
27%
1%
Caribbean/West Indies
2%
11%
2%
Europe
1%
6%
19%
Asia
0%
1%
5%
North Africa/Southwest Asia
0%
1%
US (Native American)
1%
1%
2%
Pacific Islands
0%
0%
1%