The following is a list of U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia ranked by the proportion of African Americans of full or partial descent, including those of Hispanic origin, in the population. Considering only those who marked "black" and no other race in combination, as in the first table, the percentage was 12.4% in 2020, down from 12.6% in 2010.[1] Considering those who marked "black" and any other race in combination, as in the second table, the percentage increased from 13.6% to 14.2%.
2020 census (single race)
% Black or African American alone or in combination[2] |
Rank | State or territory | Black or African American alone Population (2020) |
---|---|---|---|
76.0% | 1 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 80,908[3] |
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 | 1,696,162 |
27.09% | 8 | South Carolina | 1,680,531 |
23.50% | 9 | North Carolina | 2,350,217 |
22.11% | 10 | Delaware | 218,899 |
21.60% | 11 | Virginia | 1,607,581 |
19.80% | 12 | Tennessee | 1,492,948 |
17.46% | 13 | Puerto Rico | 328,711 |
17.11% | 14 | Florida | 3,703,952 |
17.10% | 15 | Arkansas | 853,783 |
16.89% | 16 | New York | 3,533,873 |
16.19% | 17 | Illinois | 2,108,271 |
15.76% | 18 | Michigan | 1,576,579 |
15.19% | 19 | New Jersey | 1,519,770 |
14.20% | − | United States of America | 47,511,020 |
12.58% | 20 | Ohio | 1,258,781 |
12.21% | 21 | Texas | 3,964,700 |
11.40% | 22 | Missouri | 799,840 |
11.30% | 23 | Pennsylvania | 1,490,169 |
10.88% | 24 | Connecticut | 388,675 |
10.80% | 25 | Nevada | 404,739 |
10.60% | 26 | Indiana | 748,513 |
8.09% | 27 | Kentucky | 462,417 |
7.39% | 28 | Oklahoma | 389,961 |
7.09% | 29 | Massachusetts | 594,029 |
7.08% | 30 | Minnesota | 598,434 |
6.40% | 31 | Wisconsin | 476,256 |
6.30% | 32 | California | 2,825,293 |
5.79% | 33 | Kansas | 308,809 |
5.78% | 34 | Rhode Island | 92,168 |
5.77% | 35 | Nebraska | 196,535 |
5.76% | 36 | Arizona | 439,150 |
5.19% | 37 | Colorado | 334,828 |
5.14% | 38 | Iowa | 231,972 |
5.09% | 39 | Washington | 407,565 |
3.9% | 40 | North Dakota | 26,783 |
3.76% | 41 | West Virginia | 165,813 |
3.70% | 42 | Alaska | 21,898 |
2.28% | 43 | New Mexico | 55,904 |
2.26% | 44 | Oregon | 182,655 |
2.24% | 45 | South Dakota | 17,842 |
1.90% | 46 | Maine | 25,752 |
1.60% | 47 | Hawaii | 23,417 |
1.50% | 48 | New Hampshire | 20,127 |
1.40% | 49 | Vermont | 9,034 |
1.20% | 50 | Utah | 40,058 |
1.0%[4] | 51 | Guam | 1,540[4] |
0.99% | 52 | Idaho | 15,726 |
0.91% | 53 | Wyoming | 5,232 |
0.50% | 54 | Montana | 5,484 |
0.1%[5] | 55 | Northern Mariana Islands | 55[5] |
0.02%[6] | 56 | American Samoa | 13[6] |
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