Black immigrant population

[King of Kensington]

Around 9% of the Black population in the US is foreign-born.  Here are the metros with at least 30,000 Black immigrants (ACS 2014 5-year estimates), by population and percentage of the Black population.

New York  972,820  28.5%
(NYC  677,708  32.8%)
Miami-Fort Lauderdale  419,531  34.1%
Washington  218,050  14.6%
Atlanta  143,710  8%
Boston  125,145  35%
Philadelphia  89,723  7.1%
Houston  74,092  6.9%
Orlando  72,571  20.1%
Dallas-Fort Worth  71,660  7.1%
Minneapolis-St. Paul  70,953  27.8%
Los Angeles  62,820  7.1%
Chicago  53,955  3.3%
Baltimore  51,758  6.5%
Seattle  42,895  21.6%
Tampa-St. Petersburg  34,535  10.1%
Columbus  33,782  12%
Hartford  30,099  22.8%

 

[King of Kensington]

It appears to be a combination of a large metro population (3.6 million), not very many blacks overall (5.6%, so about 1/2 the US average and probably even less of the big metro average), but a not insignificant African population, with Ethiopian and Somalian (other Eastern African) of particular note.

The black population in Seattle is towards the southeast, no?  What about Ethiopians and Somalians? In Minneapolis, blacks and Somalis are in distinctive areas. You might be more likely to encounter Hmong in the traditional black areas of northwest Minneapolis, while the Somali concentrations are southeast of downtown.

Yes, I believe the East African population is in working class southeast Seattle and adjacent suburbs.

[King of Kensington]

I believe that a majority of Blacks in NYC are immigrants or the children of immigrants (mainly from the Caribbean), outnumbering the AA population.