Black Population by State

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Population Estimates
Black alone population – Population Division
Release date: June 2025

Rank	State	Black Alone	Percent
1	Texas	4,288,977	14%
2	Florida	3,949,147	17%
3	Georgia	3,703,855	33%
4	New York	3,534,129	18%
5	California	2,527,183	6%
6	North Carolina	2,425,031	22%
7	Maryland	1,976,758	32%
8	Illinois	1,848,198	15%
9	Virginia	1,759,626	20%
10	Pennsylvania	1,619,718	12%
11	Ohio	1,610,713	14%
12	Louisiana	1,498,009	33%
13	New Jersey	1,481,943	16%
14	Michigan	1,426,504	14%
15	South Carolina	1,407,815	26%
16	Alabama	1,368,358	27%
17	Tennessee	1,187,324	16%
18	Mississippi	1,110,314	38%
19	Indiana	735,661	11%
20	Missouri	732,670	12%
21	Massachusetts	708,951	10%
22	Connecticut	490,303	13%
23	Arkansas	480,352	16%
24	Minnesota	476,525	8%
25	Arizona	443,135	6%
26	Kentucky	409,870	9%
27	Wisconsin	399,186	7%
28	Washington	380,439	5%
29	Nevada	360,756	11%
30	Oklahoma	325,186	8%
31	District of Columbia	304,452	43%
32	Colorado	295,736	5%
33	Delaware	254,378	24%
34	Kansas	185,502	6%
35	Iowa	153,983	5%
36	Nebraska	114,430	6%
37	Oregon	107,235	3%
38	Rhode Island	105,806	10%
39	West Virginia	68,826	4%
40	New Mexico	61,889	3%
41	Utah	60,830	2%
42	Maine	34,870	2%
43	North Dakota	31,985	4%
44	Hawaii	31,690	2%
45	New Hampshire	30,287	2%
46	Alaska	27,605	4%
47	South Dakota	24,589	3%
48	Idaho	22,063	1%
49	Vermont	11,277	2%
50	Montana	7,554	1%
51	Wyoming	7,223	1%