African American Population by State SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau 2012 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 3,690,417 19% 2 Texas 3,409,917 13% 3 Florida 3,408,788 18% 4 Georgia 3,200,755 32% 5 California 2,916,166 8% 6 North Carolina 2,258,700 23% 7 Illinois 2,012,093 16% 8 Maryland 1,854,705 32% 9 Virginia 1,720,834 21% 10 Pennsylvania 1,595,749 13% 11 Ohio 1,581,085 14% 12 Louisiana 1,527,711 33% 13 Michigan 1,525,561 15% 14 New Jersey 1,396,938 16% 15 South Carolina 1,366,615 29% 16 Alabama 1,312,795 27% 17 Tennessee 1,152,737 18% 18 Mississippi 1,135,322 38% 19 Missouri 763,966 13% 20 Indiana 683,756 10% 21 Massachusetts 598,730 9% 22 Arkansas 480,534 16% 23 Connecticut 446,009 12% 24 Wisconsin 421,380 7% 25 Kentucky 395,892 9% 26 Washington 362,000 5% 27 Arizona 361,946 6% 28 Oklahoma 356,237 7% 29 Minnesota 346,971 9% 30 District of Columbia 326,178 52% 31 Nevada 282,482 10% 32 Colorado 277,484 5% 33 Delaware 216,664 24% 34 Kansas 215,646 7% 35 Iowa 123,260 4% 36 Nebraska 110,608 3% 37 Oregon 106,146 6% 38 Rhode Island 93,177 9% 39 West Virginia 80,892 4% 40 New Mexico 66,014 3% 41 Utah 52,715 2% 42 Hawaii 48,532 3% 43 Alaska 38,054 5% 44 New Hampshire 25,616 2% 45 Maine 24,049 2% 46 Idaho 19,088 1% 47 South Dakota 19,015 2% 48 North Dakota 14,133 2% 49 Wyoming 11,494 2% 50 Vermont 10,317 2% 51 Montana 10,136 1%
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 07:18:50 +0000