African American Population by State

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau 2016 Estimate…       (Black only and Black in combination with one or more races) Click on the state name for more details about each state

		Black Population	Percent Black
1	New York	3,792,045	19%
2	Texas	3,755,316	14%
3	Florida	3,717,392	18%
4	Georgia	3,430,662	33%
5	California	2,994,626	8%
6	North Carolina	2,383,097	23%
7	Illinois	2,002,304	16%
8	Maryland	1,945,309	32%
9	Virginia	1,789,312	21%
10	Pennsylvania	1,667,095	13%
11	Ohio	1,650,075	14%
12	Louisiana	1,567,721	34%
13	Michigan	1,530,704	15%
14	New Jersey	1,540,133	16%
15	South Carolina	1,416,465	29%
16	Alabama	1,342,508	28%
17	Tennessee	1,203,469	18%
18	Mississippi	1,149,120	38%
19	Missouri	788,431	13%
20	Indiana	719,940	11%
21	Massachusetts	676,366	10%
22	Arkansas	493,264	17%
23	Connecticut	471,282	13%
24	Wisconsin	437,357	8%
25	Kentucky	416,731	9%
26	Arizona	415,501	6%
27	Minnesota	411,323	8%
28	Washington	409,981	6%
29	Oklahoma	367,456	9%
30	District of Columbia	336,753	49%
31	Nevada	327,269	11%
32	Colorado	310,304	6%
33	Delaware	231,463	24%
34	Kansas	220,608	8%
35	Iowa	145,822	5%
36	Oregon	125,542	3%
37	Nebraska	115,041	6%
38	Rhode Island	103,558	9%
39	West Virginia	83,452	5%
40	New Mexico	68,396	3%
41	Utah	60,753	2%
42	Hawaii	50,825	4%
43	Alaska	39,611	5%
44	New Hampshire	28,729	2%
45	Maine	27,569	2%
46	North Dakota	27,249	4%
47	South Dakota	23,460	2%
48	Idaho	22,635	1%
49	Vermont	12,089	2%
50	Montana	11,359	1%
51	Wyoming	11,292	2%