Ranking of US States By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, Texas had the highest population of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (3.45M), followed by Georgia (3.28M), and Florida (3.13M).

The chart below shows the top 10 states, and the table below shows the ranking of all the 50 US states and the District of Columbia based on the number of people that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for the other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in the United States.

You can also see links at the bottom of the page for similar rankings of each state's counties.

Related Topics: US Census 2020 Topic List.
Ranking of US States By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Texas
3.45M
Georgia
3.28M
Florida
3.13M
New York
2.76M
California
2.12M
North Carolina
2.11M
Maryland
1.80M
Illinois
1.78M
Virginia
1.58M
Ohio
1.46M
Ranking of US States By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank
State
Population
1 Texas 3,444,712
2 Georgia 3,278,119
3 Florida 3,127,052
4 New York 2,759,022
5 California 2,119,286
6 North Carolina 2,107,526
7 Maryland 1,795,027
8 Illinois 1,775,612
9 Virginia 1,578,090
10 Ohio 1,457,180
11 Louisiana 1,452,420
12 Pennsylvania 1,368,978
13 Michigan 1,358,458
14 Alabama 1,288,159
15 South Carolina 1,269,031
16 New Jersey 1,154,142
17 Tennessee 1,083,772
18 Mississippi 1,079,001
19 Missouri 692,774
20 Indiana 637,500
21 Massachusetts 457,055
22 Arkansas 449,884
23 Minnesota 392,850
24 Wisconsin 366,508
25 Connecticut 360,937
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