Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all US states and DC, Texas had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (3.76M), followed by Florida (3.65M), and Georgia (3.47M).

On the other hand, Montana had the lowest number of people that identified as Black or African American Alone (6.36K), followed by Wyoming (7.11K), and Vermont (8.73K).

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 2019
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Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2019
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Rank State Black or African American Alone Population
1 Texas 3764432
2 Florida 3650637
3 Georgia 3465113
4 New York 3425736
5 California 2553676
6 North Carolina 2336825
7 Maryland 1885534
8 Illinois 1859309
9 Virginia 1703577
10 Pennsylvania 1545082
11 Louisiana 1531041
12 Ohio 1530066
13 Michigan 1408989
14 South Carolina 1391272
15 New Jersey 1344290
16 Alabama 1315856
17 Tennessee 1165222
18 Mississippi 1127317
19 Missouri 725728
20 Indiana 673700
21 Massachusetts 627476
22 Arkansas 475106
23 Connecticut 437841
24 Minnesota 399280
25 Wisconsin 392565
26 Arizona 381604
27 Kentucky 378775
28 Washington 331509
29 District of Columbia 326019
30 Nevada 319249
31 Oklahoma 307330
32 Colorado 265056
33 Delaware 226566
34 Kansas 179437
35 Iowa 130175
36 Nebraska 101015
37 Oregon 93259
38 Rhode Island 90630
39 West Virginia 64688
40 New Mexico 55561
41 Utah 46918
42 Hawaii 30814
43 Alaska 27101
44 North Dakota 26087
45 New Hampshire 24765
46 Maine 23208
47 South Dakota 20732
48 Idaho 15987
49 Vermont 8727
50 Wyoming 7114
51 Montana 6360