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
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Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
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Rank State Black Alone Voting-age Population
1 Texas 2627714
2 Georgia 2488419
3 Florida 2419026
4 New York 2326865
5 California 1757768
6 North Carolina 1639043
7 Maryland 1404055
8 Illinois 1373943
9 Virginia 1242045
10 Ohio 1085613
11 Louisiana 1073754
12 Pennsylvania 1070165
13 Michigan 1031144
14 Alabama 981723
15 South Carolina 971344
16 New Jersey 936123
17 Tennessee 817496
18 Mississippi 802963
19 Missouri 518166
20 Indiana 467861
21 Massachusetts 374739
22 Arkansas 333515
23 Connecticut 294102
24 Kentucky 268710
25 Wisconsin 263609
26 Minnesota 260434
27 Arizona 247633
28 Washington 230367
29 District of Columbia 226137
30 Nevada 226025
31 Oklahoma 216160
32 Colorado 175400
33 Delaware 164887
34 Kansas 125260
35 Iowa 88101
36 Nebraska 67094
37 Oregon 62346
38 West Virginia 52688
39 Rhode Island 46356
40 New Mexico 34444
41 Utah 26919
42 Hawaii 19085
43 North Dakota 17982
44 Alaska 17297
45 Maine 16949
46 New Hampshire 14841
47 South Dakota 11645
48 Idaho 10454
49 Vermont 6392
50 Montana 4039
51 Wyoming 3895