Foreign-born blacks made up 8.7 per cent of the black population in 1980 . That number has been on rise and they were 3.1 per cent of group in 2013 . Majority of immigrants are from Jamaica , Haiti , Ethiopia and Nigeria . Black immigrants more likely to have college degree and have a higher income and are less likely to live in poverty than the US-born population . Foreign-born blacks are now large part of population in NYC , DC and Miami .
Foreign-born blacks made up 3.1 per cent of the black population in 1980 . That number has been on rise and they were 8.7 per cent of group in 2013 . Majority of immigrants are from Jamaica , Haiti , Ethiopia and Nigeria . Black immigrants more likely to have college degree and have a higher income and are less likely to live in poverty than the US-born population . Foreign-born blacks are now large part of population in NYC , DC and Miami .