Black Population by State

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)
Black alone & *Black in combination with one or more races




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Rank State Black Alone Percent *Black & interracial Percent
1 Texas 3,552,99712%        3,964,70014%
2 Georgia 3,320,51331%        3,538,14633%
3 Florida 3,246,38115%        3,703,95217%
4New York2,986,17215%        3,533,87317%
5California2,237,0446%        2,825,2937%
6North Carolina2,140,21721%        2,344,55322%
7Maryland1,820,47229%        1,977,45332%
8Illinois1,808,27114%        1,992,21316%
9Virginia1,607,58119%        1,799,96021%
10Ohio1,478,78113%        1,704,49214%
11Louisiana1,464,02331%        1,543,11933%
12Pennsylvania1,423,16911%        1,655,03413%
13Michigan1,376,57914%        1,544,12215%
14Alabama1,296,16226%        1,364,73627%
15South Carolina1,280,53125%        1,370,52827%
16New Jersey1,219,77013%        1,413,77215%
17Tennessee1,092,94816%        1,196,11417%
18Mississippi1,084,48137%        1,123,61338%
19Missouri699,84011%           798,62313%
20Indiana648,51310%           760,01711%
21Massachusetts494,0297%           669,86610%
22Arkansas453,78315%           495,96816%
23Minnesota398,4347%           483,6468%
24Connecticut388,67511%           467,41613%
25Wisconsin376,2566%           452,7438%
26Kentucky362,4178%           436,05910%
27Arizona339,1505%           446,3946%
28Washington307,5654%           446,2406%
29Nevada304,73910%           375,19812%
30Oklahoma289,9617%           382,69810%
31District of Columbia285,81041%           304,54344%
32Colorado234,8284%           318,1796%
33Delaware218,89922%           244,94425%
34Kansas168,8096%           223,2758%
35Iowa131,9724%           172,9885%
36Nebraska96,5355%           124,7736%
37Oregon82,6552%           134,6923%
38West Virginia65,8134%              90,5265%
39Rhode Island62,1686%              99,9259%
40New Mexico45,9042%              68,4093%
41Utah40,0581%              67,1282%
42North Dakota26,7833%              34,4994%
43Maine25,7522%              36,3043%
44Hawaii23,4172%              46,7833%
45Alaska21,8983%              35,4545%
46New Hampshire20,1271%              32,9982%
47South Dakota17,8422%              26,3073%
48Idaho15,7261%              27,6452%
49Vermont9,0341%              14,4222%
50Montana5,4841%              12,7371%
51Wyoming5,2321%                9,6612%
*Black & interracial= Black alone & Black in combination with one or more races


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