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	Texas	3,936,669	14%
2	Florida	3,867,495	18%
3	New York	3,763,977	19%
4	Georgia	3,549,349	34%
5	California	3,024,208	8%
6	North Carolina	2,448,077	24%
7	Illinois	1,991,107	16%
8	Maryland	1,972,270	33%
9	Virginia	1,825,228	21%
10	Pennsylvania	1,705,705	13%
11	Ohio	1,692,390	14%
12	Louisiana	1,571,529	34%
13	Michigan	1,540,612	15%
14	New Jersey	1,455,615	16%
15	South Carolina	1,438,997	28%
16	Alabama	1,352,906	28%
17	Tennessee	1,227,260	18%
18	Mississippi	1,152,261	39%
19	Missouri	797,005	13%
20	Indiana	742,868	11%
21	Massachusetts	716,148	10%
22	Arkansas	499,364	17%
23	Connecticut	482,577	14%
24	Minnesota	452,437	8%
25	Wisconsin	448,592	8%
26	Arizona	446,459	6%
27	Washington	428,733	6%
28	Kentucky	428,733	10%
29	Oklahoma	373,334	9%
30	Nevada	356,416	12%
31	District of Columbia	338,373	48%
32	Colorado	326,081	6%
33	Delaware	239,727	25%
34	Kansas	221,647	8%
35	Iowa	158,145	5%
36	Oregon	135,429	3%
37	Nebraska	120,916	6%
38	Rhode Island	107,361	10%
39	West Virginia	83,686	5%
40	New Mexico	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%