List of U.S. states and territories by African-American population

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]