Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, Texas had the highest number of voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (2.63M), followed by Georgia (2.49M), and Florida (2.42M).

The chart below shows the top 10, and the table below shows the ranking of all the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on Black or African American Alone voting-age population.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial groups in the United States.

Related Topics: US Census 2020 Topic List.
Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
Texas
2.63M
Georgia
2.49M
Florida
2.42M
New York
2.33M
California
1.76M
North Carolina
1.64M
Maryland
1.40M
Illinois
1.37M
Virginia
1.24M
Ohio
1.09M
Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
Rank
State
Black Alone Voting-age Population
1 Texas 2,627,714
2 Georgia 2,488,419
3 Florida 2,419,026
4 New York 2,326,865
5 California 1,757,768
6 North Carolina 1,639,043
7 Maryland 1,404,055
8 Illinois 1,373,943
9 Virginia 1,242,045
10 Ohio 1,085,613
11 Louisiana 1,073,754
12 Pennsylvania 1,070,165
13 Michigan 1,031,144
14 Alabama 981,723
15 South Carolina 971,344
16 New Jersey 936,123
17 Tennessee 817,496
18 Mississippi 802,963
19 Missouri 518,166
20 Indiana 467,861
21 Massachusetts 374,739
22 Arkansas 333,515
23 Connecticut 294,102
24 Kentucky 268,710
25 Wisconsin 263,609
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