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% Black or African American alone or in combination Rank State or territory Black or African American alone Population (2020) 76.0% 1: Virgin Islands (U.S.) 80,908: 44.17% 2 District of Columbia: 385,810 37.94% 3 Mississippi: 1,084,481 33.13% 4 Louisiana: 1,564,023 33.03% 5: Georgia: 3,538,146 32.01% 6 Maryland: 2,220,472 29.80% 7 Alabama ...
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. Click on the state name for more details about each state.
Black Population by State 2024. District of Columbia. 48.49% Mississippi. 39.08% Louisiana. 34.23% Georgia. 31.4% Maryland. 31.27% Alabama. 26.23% South Carolina. 26.04% Delaware. 22.44% North Carolina. 21.8% Virginia. 20.57% New York. 17.44% Tennessee. 16.85% Florida. 16.26% Arkansas. 15.99% Illinois. 15.64% Michigan. 15.18% New Jersey. 14.33%
StateBlack Population (%)BlackPopulation48.49%333,114686,99539.08%1,149,0982,940,45234.23%1,560,6824,559,47531.4%3,499,48611,145,304Jan 18, 2024 · The Black population has grown by more than 10 million since 2000, when 36.2 million of the U.S. population identified as Black, marking a 32% increase over roughly two decades. In 2022, there were 5.1 million foreign-born Black Americans, about 11% of the U.S. Black population.
- Shannon Greenwood
The three states (Texas, Georgia and Florida) with the nation’s largest African American populations had nearly equal shares of that population (Table 2). Nearly 20% of the Sub-Saharan African population lived in Texas and New York.
Mar 25, 2021 · With more than 3.9 million Black people in 2019, Texas is home to the largest Black population in the U.S. Florida has the second largest population at 3.8 million, and Georgia is home to 3.6 million Black people. Other top states of residence include New York (3.4 million) and California (2.8 million).
Oct 11, 2023 · Sources and Reference. 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-17 1) Summary File. Page Last Revised - October 11, 2023. The Diversity Index tells us the chance that two people chosen at random will be from different racial and ethnic groups.
