Top US Cities By Blite Population

Source: 2010 US Census MSA Data

According to the 2010 United States Census, there are roughly 1.8 million people of Black AND White descent (informally known as Blites and sometimes simply known as biracials) in the United States. Shown below are the top 15 US metros where Blites lived by a) number of Blites and by b) percent of the total metro, both for larger and smaller MSAs.

Top 15 US Metropolitan Statistical Areas by Blite Population
1. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area 97,733
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro Area 47,242
3. Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metro Area 43,474
4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area 42,949
5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area 42,506
6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area 33,809
7. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area 33,014
8. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area 31,303
9. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area 29,236
10. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area 26,955
11. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area 26,332
12. Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ Metro Area 26,295
13. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area 25,873
14. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area 24,397
15. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro Area 24,362

The top 15 MSAs only account for 30% of all US Blites. Unlike Blasians or Hapas who are more concentrated in certain cities and not found at all in many US metros, Blites are found in every single metro area in the US.


Top 15 US MSAs by Percent Blite - MSAs over 500,000 population
1. Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area 1.1%
2. Toledo, OH Metro Area 1.1%
3. Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area 1.1%
4. Wichita, KS Metro Area 1.0%
5. Columbus, OH Metro Area 1.0%
6. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area 1.0%
7. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area 1.0%
8. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area 1.0%
9. Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metro Area 1.0%
10. Dayton, OH Metro Area 1.0%
11. Syracuse, NY Metro Area 0.9%
12. Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metro Area 0.9%
13. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area 0.9%
14. Akron, OH Metro Area 0.9%
15. Rochester, NY Metro Area 0.9%


Top 15 US MSAs by Percent Blite - MSA under 500,000 population
1. Sandusky, OH Metro Area 1.6%
2. Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA Metro Area 1.6%
3. Lima, OH Metro Area 1.6%
4. Lawton, OK Metro Area 1.6%
5. Elmira, NY Metro Area 1.5%
6. Decatur, IL Metro Area 1.5%
7. Battle Creek, MI Metro Area 1.5%
8. Manhattan, KS Metro Area 1.4%
9. Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX Metro Area 1.4%
10. Dover, DE Metro Area 1.4%
11. Springfield, OH Metro Area 1.3%
12. Jacksonville, NC Metro Area 1.3%
13. Fayetteville, NC Metro Area 1.3%
14. Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area 1.3%
15. Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area 1.3%


Blites are currently small in number and only account for 0.6% of the overall US population today. No US city has more than 3X the US percent of Blites, and Sandusky, OH; Hinesville, GA; Lima, OH; and Lawton, OK have the highest concentration of Blites at 2.7X the US average. The midwest and Ohio in particular appear to have the highest concentration of Blites.