Ranking of US States By Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American (3.45M), followed by Georgia (3.31M), and Florida (3.31M).

On the other hand, Montana had the lowest number of people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (5.55K), followed by Wyoming (6.10K), and Vermont (7.77K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2018
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Ranking of US States By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2018
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Rank State Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Texas 3449719
2 Georgia 3313743
3 Florida 3308210
4 New York 2819511
5 North Carolina 2219950
6 California 2216483
7 Maryland 1805077
8 Illinois 1794372
9 Virginia 1625608
10 Louisiana 1506460
11 Ohio 1474412
12 Pennsylvania 1386860
13 Michigan 1375779
14 South Carolina 1354145
15 Alabama 1296845
16 New Jersey 1148262
17 Tennessee 1134397
18 Mississippi 1117677
19 Missouri 710287
20 Indiana 639237
21 Massachusetts 498675
22 Arkansas 465601
23 Wisconsin 371921
24 Minnesota 371896
25 Connecticut 365183
26 Kentucky 363953
27 District of Columbia 317121
28 Arizona 315746
29 Washington 293807
30 Oklahoma 290303
31 Nevada 277943
32 Colorado 229347
33 Delaware 211316
34 Kansas 167376
35 Iowa 120037
36 Nebraska 93465
37 Oregon 80220
38 Rhode Island 63474
39 West Virginia 62715
40 New Mexico 38825
41 Utah 35397
42 Hawaii 27739
43 Alaska 24423
44 North Dakota 24089
45 Maine 20862
46 New Hampshire 19238
47 South Dakota 18959
48 Idaho 12677
49 Vermont 7773
50 Wyoming 6100
51 Montana 5553