Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all US states and DC, Texas had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (3.87M), followed by Florida (3.69M), and New York (3.58M).

On the other hand, Montana had the lowest number of people that identified as Black or African American Alone (6.57K), followed by Wyoming (7.01K), and Vermont (9.13K).

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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Rank State Black or African American Alone Population
1 Texas 3870112
2 Florida 3687332
3 New York 3577768
4 Georgia 3519562
5 California 2570131
6 North Carolina 2314201
7 Maryland 1931596
8 Illinois 1878233
9 Virginia 1724021
10 Pennsylvania 1574121
11 Ohio 1556067
12 Louisiana 1515818
13 Michigan 1429726
14 New Jersey 1413499
15 South Carolina 1371579
16 Alabama 1348870
17 Tennessee 1173528
18 Mississippi 1122520
19 Missouri 730610
20 Indiana 684497
21 Massachusetts 642289
22 Arkansas 475532
23 Connecticut 446782
24 Minnesota 414140
25 Wisconsin 392293
26 Arizona 388003
27 Kentucky 384977
28 Washington 342309
29 Nevada 326561
30 Oklahoma 310972
31 District of Columbia 309151
32 Colorado 267756
33 Delaware 231325
34 Kansas 182417
35 Iowa 133046
36 Nebraska 104191
37 Rhode Island 95640
38 Oregon 95228
39 West Virginia 66479
40 New Mexico 57661
41 Utah 49286
42 Hawaii 32225
43 North Dakota 27134
44 Alaska 26903
45 New Hampshire 25943
46 Maine 24187
47 South Dakota 21496
48 Idaho 17105
49 Vermont 9133
50 Wyoming 7010
51 Montana 6570