Black Population by State

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Population Estimates
Black alone population – Population Division
Release date: June 2024

Rank	State	Black Alone	Percent
1	Texas	4,157,785	14%
2	Georgia	3,661,752	33%
3	Florida	3,829,414	17%
4	New York	3,457,457	18%
5	California	2,528,093	6%
6	North Carolina	2,392,417	22%
7	Maryland	1,950,664	32%
8	Illinois	1,836,105	15%
9	Virginia	1,744,373	20%
10	Ohio	1,582,177	13%
11	Louisiana	1,491,010	33%
12	Pennsylvania	1,588,520	12%
13	Michigan	1,416,157	14%
14	Alabama	1,360,275	27%
15	South Carolina	1,394,802	26%
16	New Jersey	1,442,900	16%
17	Tennessee	1,177,596	17%
18	Mississippi	1,111,684	38%
19	Missouri	725,454	12%
20	Indiana	715,156	10%
21	Massachusetts	675,303	10%
22	Arkansas	478,247	16%
23	Minnesota	450,487	8%
24	Connecticut	473,626	13%
25	Wisconsin	392,333	7%
26	Kentucky	396,045	9%
27	Arizona	422,598	6%
28	Washington	364,647	5%
29	Nevada	351,346	11%
30	Oklahoma	321,327	8%
31	District of Columbia	301,204	44%
32	Colorado	282,708	5%
33	Delaware	248,434	24%
34	Kansas	182,372	6%
35	Iowa	144,668	5%
36	Nebraska	108,042	5%
37	Oregon	101,360	2%
38	West Virginia	67,346	4%
39	Rhode Island	101,424	9%
40	New Mexico	60,042	3%
41	Utah	55,081	2%
42	North Dakota	29,447	4%
43	Maine	29,857	2%
44	Hawaii	31,398	2%
45	Alaska	26,911	4%
46	New Hampshire	28,784	2%
47	South Dakota	24,076	3%
48	Idaho	19,766	1%
49	Vermont	10,445	2%
50	Montana	7,270	1%
51	Wyoming	7,048	1%