Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all US states and DC, New York had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (3.46M), followed by Texas (3.45M), and Florida (3.41M).

On the other hand, Montana had the lowest number of people that identified as Black or African American Alone (5.64K), followed by Wyoming (7.30K), and Vermont (7.77K).

The chart below shows the top 10 states, and the table below shows the ranking of all US states and DC. The information can also be found in the table below.

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

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Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015
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Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015
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Rank State Black or African American Alone Population
1 New York 3458584
2 Texas 3453613
3 Florida 3412261
4 Georgia 3246027
5 California 2533479
6 North Carolina 2227537
7 Illinois 1893820
8 Maryland 1830331
9 Virginia 1653931
10 Louisiana 1520636
11 Pennsylvania 1498597
12 Ohio 1481775
13 Michigan 1408754
14 South Carolina 1353152
15 New Jersey 1322881
16 Alabama 1298914
17 Tennessee 1127200
18 Mississippi 1125536
19 Missouri 717574
20 Indiana 636592
21 Massachusetts 577951
22 Arkansas 467127
23 Connecticut 416208
24 Wisconsin 382116
25 Kentucky 363852
26 Minnesota 336805
27 Arizona 329345
28 District of Columbia 327506
29 Oklahoma 301286
30 Washington 291207
31 Nevada 268972
32 Colorado 244540
33 Delaware 211998
34 Kansas 180293
35 Iowa 111609
36 Nebraska 94200
37 Oregon 83654
38 Rhode Island 83579
39 West Virginia 65348
40 New Mexico 51887
41 Utah 39029
42 Hawaii 29402
43 Alaska 26876
44 New Hampshire 20100
45 Maine 19605
46 North Dakota 19589
47 South Dakota 15843
48 Idaho 13385
49 Vermont 7765
50 Wyoming 7300
51 Montana 5644