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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Related Topics: US Census Vintage Data Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of US States By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
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Rank | State | Black or African American Alone Population |
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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 |