African American Statistics
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*All statistics used on this page are from the US Census Bureau 2005-2007 American Community Survey unless otherwise noted. Most data use the category Black or African American alone or in combination with one or more other races.
2008 Black Population: 41.1 million*
Percent of US population: 13.5%
3,483,116
1,745,989
1,687,773
1,440,106
1,367,672
1,239,618
1,141,434
1,054,842
979,717
899,650
787,811
589,870
546,260
546,192
528,101
426,301
396,107
379,599
369,408
Texas
North Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
New Jersey
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
3,520,002
3,009,773
2,971,494
2,923,725
2,718,070
2,021,579
1,999,258
1,705,996
1,599,430
1,517,854
1,462,857
1,415,413
1,388,217
1,323,662
1,289,010
1,242,344
1,098,181
1,068,139
South Region
22,039,023
54%
Midwest Region
7,338,842
18.0%
Northeast Region
7,263,643
17.8%
West Region
4,102,624
10%
African American Population
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The below figure maps the Black population density in persons per square mile. This is why the largest dark areas are in the rural south. The south is the only part of the United States where blacks have large population in rural areas. The dense Black areas in both the North and West that have any significant African American population are mostly urban.Read more on the Black population page...
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Estimated growth of the African American population from 2010 through 2050
(in millions)
2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 205039,90942,13744,38946,59448,72850,81052,86854,91156,944
42,13744,38946,59448,72850,81052,86854,91156,94442,16344,90647,74850,62653,51956,45359,45462,53465,703
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Although Black men marry white women at twice the rate of Black women, only 6.6% of married Black men have White spouses.
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More young Black men are actually going to college than jail.
Black and Middle Class
From 1974 to 2004, the median income fell 12% for Black men while rising 75% for Black women.
Black America: Not entirely African
According to DNA the average African American is 17-18% White.
Black America is no longer confined to the inner-city neighborhoods of urban areas. Therefore metropolitan statistics are the most accurate way to count the Black urban population. The black population exceeded 500,000 in 20 states. African Americans were the largest minority group in 24 states, compared with 20 states in which Hispanics were the largest minority group.
New York, California, and Illinois, held claim to the largest Black populations. But due to rapid growth in the South, Florida, Texas, and Georgia, all currently have an African American population of about 3 million. Only New York still has more African Americans.
Georgia had the largest numerical increase in African American population growth between 2006 and 2007 (84,000), with Texas (62,000) and Florida (48,000) next.
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18.5%
18.3%
32.0%
27.1%
07.7%
21.3%
21.0%
23.6%
17.4%
14.6%
29.5%
46.0%
07.5%
32.9%
18.8%
20.3%
24.2%
23.2%
30.5%
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*2008 Census Bureau estamites, not ASC counts below
Median Household Size
200520062007
20062007 2.65 2.68 2.66
2.68 2.66Black pop %Black
15.6%
15.3%
11.5%
29.9%
06.2%
21.3%
14.7%
28.9%
19.6%
14.1%
11.7%
10.4%
31.6%
13.7%
28.4%
26.2%
37.5%
16.7%
Black Population Growth
2006 2007 2008
2007 200840,240,89840,744,13241,126,808
40,744,13241,126,808African American males make up only 46% of the black population where African American women make up 54%. In contrast, the nation as a whole make up 49% and 51% respectively.
The median age of all Blacks in the USA is 30.2yrs (other races 36.4yrs)
Median Household Income
2005 2006 2007
2006 2007
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