Black Population by State
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau 2018 Estimate…
(Black only and Black in combination with one or more races)
Rank | State | Black Population | Percent Black |
1 | 3,936,669 | 14% | |
2 | 3,867,495 | 18% | |
3 | 3,763,977 | 19% | |
4 | 3,549,349 | 34% | |
5 | 3,024,208 | 8% | |
6 | 2,448,077 | 24% | |
7 | 1,991,107 | 16% | |
8 | 1,972,270 | 33% | |
9 | 1,825,228 | 21% | |
10 | 1,705,705 | 13% | |
11 | 1,692,390 | 14% | |
12 | 1,571,529 | 34% | |
13 | 1,540,612 | 15% | |
14 | 1,455,615 | 16% | |
15 | 1,438,997 | 28% | |
16 | 1,352,906 | 28% | |
17 | 1,227,260 | 18% | |
18 | 1,152,261 | 39% | |
19 | 797,005 | 13% | |
20 | 742,868 | 11% | |
21 | 716,148 | 10% | |
22 | 499,364 | 17% | |
23 | 482,577 | 14% | |
24 | 452,437 | 8% | |
25 | 448,592 | 8% | |
26 | 446,459 | 6% | |
27 | 428,733 | 6% | |
28 | 428,733 | 10% | |
29 | 373,334 | 9% | |
30 | 356,416 | 12% | |
31 | 338,373 | 48% | |
32 | 326,081 | 6% | |
33 | 239,727 | 25% | |
34 | 221,647 | 8% | |
35 | 158,145 | 5% | |
36 | 135,429 | 3% | |
37 | 120,916 | 6% | |
38 | 107,361 | 10% | |
39 | 83,686 | 5% | |
40 | 70,653 | 3% | |
41 | Utah | 66,989 | 2% |
42 | Hawaii | 51,031 | 4% |
43 | Alaska | 39,950 | 5% |
44 | New Hampshire | 32,481 | 2% |
45 | North Dakota | 30,965 | 4% |
46 | Maine | 29,923 | 2% |
47 | South Dakota | 27,697 | 3% |
48 | Idaho | 25,267 | 1% |
49 | Vermont | 12,936 | 2% |
50 | Montana | 12,007 | 1% |
51 | Wyoming | 11,306 | 2% |