Charlotte Ranks 7th in U.S. for Percentage Of Black Owned Businesses
Charlotte Black-owned businesses have always been on the rise, but Charlotte is showing out. Charlotte is ranked 7th in the country with a percentage of black-owned businesses.
A new census report has ranked the makeup of black businesses across the country. This report shows the total number of businesses and what percentage of those businesses are black-owned. Atlanta leads the pack. There are 116,798 businesses. Of those, 8,663 are black-owned with 34.2% of the population being black.
Charlotte slides in at the rank of 7th. Charlotte has 48,835 businesses. Of those businesses, 2,414 are black-owned with 22.8% of the population being black. Congrats Charlotte. Here are the cities and the rank and the percentage of black-owned businesses.
- Atlanta
- Washington, DC
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Columbus, GA
- Memphis, TN
- Richmond, VA
- Charlotte, NC
- Baltimore, MD
- Greensboro, NC
- Shreveport, LA
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Orlando, FL
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