Find out where you can bank Black
Navigate our interactive maps to find Black-owned financial institutions near you. In addition, our maps of banking deserts show the locations of Black-owned banks and credit unions in relation to other banks—demonstrating that the Black-owned institutions serve not only minority communities with fewer bank locations, but also connect to other important indicators like poverty and income, education levels, and homeownership.
Banking Deserts
Many have heard of food deserts, where communities do not have access to fresh, affordable food and grocery stores. In these same communities, often predominantly populated by low-income or minority residents, there are also bank deserts where there is limited access to financial services and banks.
Black-owned banks often serve these communities of higher need when the large banks with ample resources do not. BankBlackUSA worked with Professor Terri Friedline, PhD, at the Institute for Policy & Social Research, The University of Kansas to develop maps that demonstrate the need and impact that Black banks have in communities across the US. The data is from Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (2014), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the National Credit Union Administration (2014), and the U.S. Census Bureau, 2010-2014 American Community Survey.
These maps show the location of Black-owed banks, credit unions, and all other (predominantly white-owned) banks. They demonstrate that the Black banks serve not only Black and minority communities that have fewer bank locations but they also connect to other important indicators like poverty and income, education levels, and homeownership. For example, in the maps of the Detroit area below, you can see the Black-owned banks (red dots) relative to the geography of race, income, and education in the metropolitan area.
Many have heard of food deserts, where communities do not have access to fresh, affordable food and grocery stores. In these same communities, often predominantly populated by low-income or minority residents, there are also bank deserts where there is limited access to financial services and banks.
We mapped multiple cities across the US, click the links below to access the maps:
ATLANTA (GEORGIA & ALABAMA)
Percent Minority, Percent in Poverty, Percent w/ Bachelor’s Degree, Median Income, Percent Homeownership
BALTIMORE & WASHINGTON, DC (DMV)
Percent Minority, Percent in Poverty, Percent w/ Bachelor’s Degree, Median Income, Percent Homeownership, Percent 18-44
CHICAGO
Percent Minority, Percent in Poverty, Percent w/ Bachelor’s Degree, Median Income, Percent Homeownership
DETROIT
Percent Minority, Percent in Poverty, Percent w/ Bachelor’s Degree, Median Income, Percent Homeownership
LOS ANGELES
Percent Minority, Percent in Poverty, Percent w/ Bachelor’s Degree, Median Income, Percent Homeownership
NEW YORK
Percent Minority, Percent in Poverty, Percent w/ Bachelor’s Degree, Median Income, Percent Homeownership