Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all US states and DC, Texas had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (3.95M), followed by Florida (3.72M), and Georgia (3.55M).

On the other hand, Montana had the lowest number of people that identified as Black or African American Alone (6.87K), followed by Wyoming (7.00K), and Vermont (9.46K).

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 3948401
2 Florida 3719779
3 Georgia 3548577
4 New York 3533898
5 California 2546342
6 North Carolina 2338331
7 Maryland 1938484
8 Illinois 1863934
9 Virginia 1730391
10 Pennsylvania 1581769
11 Ohio 1561300
12 Louisiana 1509614
13 Michigan 1424062
14 New Jersey 1420194
15 South Carolina 1376981
16 Alabama 1351233
17 Tennessee 1170968
18 Mississippi 1118389
19 Missouri 729851
20 Indiana 694238
21 Massachusetts 651097
22 Arkansas 475664
23 Connecticut 455643
24 Minnesota 424567
25 Arizona 399058
26 Wisconsin 390099
27 Kentucky 387382
28 Washington 348560
29 Nevada 335470
30 Oklahoma 314928
31 District of Columbia 305758
32 Colorado 272002
33 Delaware 236440
34 Kansas 182572
35 Iowa 137279
36 Nebraska 104934
37 Rhode Island 97282
38 Oregon 96909
39 West Virginia 66788
40 New Mexico 58091
41 Utah 50857
42 Hawaii 31393
43 North Dakota 27448
44 Alaska 26941
45 New Hampshire 26846
46 Maine 25434
47 South Dakota 22292
48 Idaho 18012
49 Vermont 9460
50 Wyoming 6999
51 Montana 6870