Black Population by State

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Population Estimates
Black alone population – Population Division
Release date: June 2026

Rank	State	Black Alone	Percent
1	Texas	4,258,520	13%
2	Florida	3,830,738	16%
3	Georgia	3,659,052	32%
4	New York	3,623,706	18%
5	California	2,535,825	6%
6	North Carolina	2,380,139	21%
7	Maryland	1,948,063	31%
8	Illinois	1,850,169	15%
9	Virginia	1,727,514	19%
10	Pennsylvania	1,602,346	12%
11	Ohio	1,589,739	13%
12	New Jersey	1,506,619	16%
13	Louisiana	1,484,156	32%
14	Michigan	1,404,232	14%
15	South Carolina	1,360,983	24%
16	Alabama	1,343,710	26%
17	Tennessee	1,146,637	16%
18	Mississippi	1,086,301	37%
19	Indiana	740,309	11%
20	Massachusetts	732,464	10%
21	Missouri	721,027	11%
22	Connecticut	500,894	14%
23	Minnesota	483,010	8%
24	Arkansas	473,485	15%
25	Arizona	449,801	6%
26	Wisconsin	401,663	7%
27	Kentucky	399,758	9%
28	Washington	378,073	5%
29	Nevada	372,113	11%
30	Oklahoma	324,078	8%
31	Colorado	294,603	5%
32	District of Columbia	288,345	42%
33	Delaware	254,112	24%
34	Kansas	182,485	6%
35	Iowa	158,303	5%
36	Nebraska	116,317	6%
37	Rhode Island	108,401	10%
38	Oregon	106,937	3%
39	West Virginia	71,127	4%
40	New Mexico	61,151	3%
41	Utah	59,250	2%
42	Maine	40,447	3%
43	North Dakota	33,668	4%
44	New Hampshire	29,734	2%
45	Hawaii	28,999	2%
46	Alaska	25,280	3%
47	South Dakota	24,442	3%
48	Idaho	23,397	1%
49	Vermont	11,876	2%
50	Montana	7,824	1%
51	Wyoming	6,893	1%