United States Population By Race in Census 2020
Updated on March 10, 2023.
According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among the United States population of 331,449,281 people, 61.63% of the population (204,277,273) identified their race as White Alone, 12.40% (41,104,200) identified their race as Black or African American Alone, and 10.21% (33,848,943) identified their race as Two Or More Races. These numbers represent the population from the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The first chart below shows the population and the second chart shows the percentage of the US population for each race. You can also find the information in a table below.
You can also find the population by race for each state using links at the bottom of this page.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
US Population By Race in Census 2020
Race | Population | % of Total US Population |
|---|---|---|
| White Alone | 204,277,273 | 61.63 |
| Black or African American Alone | 41,104,200 | 12.40 |
| Two Or More Races | 33,848,943 | 10.21 |
| Some Other Race Alone | 27,915,715 | 8.42 |
| Asian Alone | 19,886,049 | 6.00 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native Alone | 3,727,135 | 1.12 |
| Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone | 689,966 | 0.21 |
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Census 2020 Population By Race for Each US State
Use the following links to to see the population by race for each US state and the District of Columbia based on data from the US Census 2020.