Black America Rankings

How to read it: each city earns a Score % built from three sourced sections — Governance, City Outcomes, and Equity & Accountability. Every criterion is worth 0–100 points where 50 = the U.S. national average, so a higher Score % is better. Crime, poverty and other “lower-is-better” measures are inverted so a safer or fairer city scores higher. Best-run cities rank first; tap any mayor for the full evaluation with every figure’s source.