United States Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By State in Census 2020

Updated on August 25, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all the US voting-age population (18 years and over), there were 30,942,735 people who identified as Black or African American Alone, which was 11.98% of the total US voting-age population. This number is the population from the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Texas had the highest number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population (2,627,714), followed by Georgia (2,488,419), and then Florida (2,419,026). On the other hand, the 3 states that had low number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population include: Wyoming (3,895), Montana (4,039), and Vermont (6,392).

Hover over or click on the states to see the number and the percentage of the voting-age population that identified as Black or African American Alone for each state. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

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

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar information by county for each state.

Related Topics: US Census 2020 Topic List.
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US Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By State in Census 2020
State
Black Alone Voting-age Population
% of State Voting-age Population
Texas 2,627,714 12.02
Georgia 2,488,419 30.27
Florida 2,419,026 13.95
New York 2,326,865 14.46
California 1,757,768 5.70
North Carolina 1,639,043 20.10
Maryland 1,404,055 29.16
Illinois 1,373,943 13.74
Virginia 1,242,045 18.41
Ohio 1,085,613 11.79
Louisiana 1,073,754 30.07
Pennsylvania 1,070,165 10.34
Michigan 1,031,144 13.03
Alabama 981,723 25.06
South Carolina 971,344 24.20
New Jersey 936,123 12.86
Tennessee 817,496 15.18
Mississippi 802,963 35.26
Missouri 518,166 10.85
Indiana 467,861 9.01
Massachusetts 374,739 6.62
Arkansas 333,515 14.42
Connecticut 294,102 10.25
Kentucky 268,710 7.71
Wisconsin 263,609 5.72
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