Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all US states and DC, Texas had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (3.54M), followed by Florida (3.48M), and New York (3.46M).

On the other hand, Montana had the lowest number of people that identified as Black or African American Alone (5.87K), followed by Wyoming (7.23K), and Vermont (7.96K).

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 2016
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Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2016
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Rank State Black or African American Alone Population
1 Texas 3537833
2 Florida 3483851
3 New York 3457062
4 Georgia 3303996
5 California 2539439
6 North Carolina 2256455
7 Illinois 1884353
8 Maryland 1844186
9 Virginia 1666073
10 Louisiana 1527586
11 Pennsylvania 1509248
12 Ohio 1493484
13 Michigan 1408236
14 South Carolina 1363711
15 New Jersey 1326312
16 Alabama 1303486
17 Tennessee 1136567
18 Mississippi 1128507
19 Missouri 720070
20 Indiana 644295
21 Massachusetts 591169
22 Arkansas 469925
23 Connecticut 420026
24 Wisconsin 384616
25 Kentucky 367142
26 Minnesota 353152
27 Arizona 342635
28 District of Columbia 328588
29 Oklahoma 303054
30 Washington 301086
31 Nevada 281623
32 Colorado 250330
33 Delaware 215408
34 Kansas 179739
35 Iowa 116250
36 Nebraska 96502
37 Oregon 86715
38 Rhode Island 85272
39 West Virginia 65108
40 New Mexico 52582
41 Utah 41089
42 Hawaii 30360
43 Alaska 27380
44 North Dakota 22276
45 New Hampshire 21311
46 Maine 20511
47 South Dakota 17613
48 Idaho 14187
49 Vermont 7955
50 Wyoming 7231
51 Montana 5871