Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all US states and DC, Texas had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (3.62M), followed by Florida (3.55M), and New York (3.45M).

On the other hand, Montana had the lowest number of people that identified as Black or African American Alone (6.14K), followed by Wyoming (7.17K), and Vermont (8.21K).

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 2017
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Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017
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Rank State Black or African American Alone Population
1 Texas 3616811
2 Florida 3549087
3 New York 3449087
4 Georgia 3358899
5 California 2547097
6 North Carolina 2283880
7 Illinois 1873887
8 Maryland 1859574
9 Virginia 1679587
10 Louisiana 1529807
11 Pennsylvania 1521722
12 Ohio 1506290
13 Michigan 1408805
14 South Carolina 1372490
15 New Jersey 1331862
16 Alabama 1307851
17 Tennessee 1147694
18 Mississippi 1129820
19 Missouri 722427
20 Indiana 652697
21 Massachusetts 605239
22 Arkansas 471843
23 Connecticut 425385
24 Wisconsin 387893
25 Kentucky 372083
26 Minnesota 369244
27 Arizona 354605
28 District of Columbia 328809
29 Washington 311758
30 Oklahoma 304128
31 Nevada 295031
32 Colorado 254637
33 Delaware 218748
34 Kansas 178942
35 Iowa 121806
36 Nebraska 97839
37 Oregon 88996
38 Rhode Island 86665
39 West Virginia 64808
40 New Mexico 53129
41 Utah 43334
42 Hawaii 30711
43 Alaska 27569
44 North Dakota 23649
45 New Hampshire 22365
46 Maine 21167
47 South Dakota 19268
48 Idaho 14880
49 Vermont 8208
50 Wyoming 7172
51 Montana 6136