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Oct 11, 2023 · For the District of Columbia, the difference in the size of the Black or African American alone non-Hispanic population (40.9%) and the White alone non-Hispanic population (38.0%) narrowed dramatically in 2020 with only a 2.9 percentage point difference.
- Measuring Racial and Ethnic Diversity for The 2020 Census
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- Measuring Racial and Ethnic Diversity for The 2020 Census
Jan 18, 2024 · The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 47.9 million in 2022, up about a third (32%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. This group is diverse, with a growing number and share born outside the U.S. and an increasing number saying they are of two or more races.
Jun 10, 2022 · The Black or African American in combination population grew by 88.7% since 2010. In 2020, the Black or African American alone population (41.1 million) accounted for 12.4% of all people living in the United States, compared with 38.9 million and 12.6% in 2010.
- One-In-Four Black People Are Members of Gen Z
- Over Half of The Black Population Lives in The South
- A Growing Share of Black Adults Have A College Degree
- The Black Immigrant Population Has Grown in Number and Share
- Black Household Incomes Since 2000
The age structure of the Black population has also changed since 2000. As of 2019, the median age of single-race, non-Hispanic Black people is 35, compared with 30 in 2000. This makes the nation’s Black population younger than the nation’s single-race, non-Hispanic White population (with a median age of 43) and the single-race, non-Hispanic Asian p...
In 2019, the South was the region with the highest share of the country’s Black population, with 56% of this population living there. The Midwest and Northeast each held 17% of this population, while the West was home to one-tenth of the Black population. Regionally, the share of the national Black population living in the South has grown. In 2000,...
The number of Black adults with a college degree or more education has more than doubled since 2000. That year, roughly 3 million Black adults ages 25 and older, or 15%, had earned at least a bachelor’s degree. That number grew to 6.7 million (23%) in 2019. Notably, the share of the Black population with at least a college degree has risen at a sim...
Immigrants are a part of the nation’s Black population that has grown over time. The foreign-born Black population has nearly doubled since 2000, rising from 7% then to 10% in 2019. In numbers, 2.4 million Black people were born in another country in 2000, and by 2019, that had risen to 4.6 million. Black immigrants are mostly from just two regions...
Since 2000, the U.S. Black population has not seen significant increases in median household income. The median income for households headed by a Black person was $44,000 in 2019 (before the COVID-19pandemic-induced recession). But household income of Black households varies. Roughly three-in-ten Black households (29%) made less than $25,000 in 201...
Mar 25, 2021 · There were 46.8 million people in the U.S. who identified as Black in 2019. The Black population has grown by more than 10 million since 2000, when 36.2 million of the country’s population identified as Black, a 29% increase over almost two decades.
Feb 2, 2021 · The Black population, either alone or in combination with one or more races, in the United States in 2019. 30.7%. The percentage of the employed Black population age 16 and older working in management, business, science and arts occupations in 2019. 124,004. The number of Black-owned employer businesses in the United States in 2017. 2.1 million
Contents. hide. (Top) African-American proportion of state and territory populations (1790–2020) Free blacks as a percentage out of the total black population by U.S. region and U.S. state between 1790 and 1860. See also. References. List of U.S. states and territories by African-American population.
