Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all US states and DC, Texas had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (3.69M), followed by Florida (3.60M), and New York (3.44M).

On the other hand, Montana had the lowest number of people that identified as Black or African American Alone (6.21K), followed by Wyoming (7.13K), and Vermont (8.40K).

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 2018
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Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2018
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Rank State Black or African American Alone Population
1 Texas 3689734
2 Florida 3603310
3 New York 3439040
4 Georgia 3410817
5 California 2551709
6 North Carolina 2311259
7 Maryland 1872070
8 Illinois 1866004
9 Virginia 1691415
10 Pennsylvania 1536333
11 Louisiana 1530225
12 Ohio 1519161
13 Michigan 1408986
14 South Carolina 1381937
15 New Jersey 1336815
16 Alabama 1312093
17 Tennessee 1157504
18 Mississippi 1128789
19 Missouri 724435
20 Indiana 663974
21 Massachusetts 617086
22 Arkansas 473381
23 Connecticut 431241
24 Wisconsin 390792
25 Minnesota 384844
26 Kentucky 374783
27 Arizona 367827
28 District of Columbia 328536
29 Washington 322071
30 Nevada 307761
31 Oklahoma 305306
32 Colorado 260756
33 Delaware 222445
34 Kansas 179271
35 Iowa 125912
36 Nebraska 99602
37 Oregon 91216
38 Rhode Island 89062
39 West Virginia 64605
40 New Mexico 54095
41 Utah 45045
42 Hawaii 30895
43 Alaska 27507
44 North Dakota 25255
45 New Hampshire 23520
46 Maine 21997
47 South Dakota 19793
48 Idaho 15400
49 Vermont 8404
50 Wyoming 7133
51 Montana 6210