List of U.S. states by African-American population
The following is a sortable table of U.S. states by the African American proportion of the population.
By 2010 census results
Percentage of population self-reported as African-American by state in 2010:
less than 2 %
2–5 %
5–10 %
10–15 %
15–20 %
|
20–25 %
25–30 %
30–35 %
35–40 %
|
Cities with the highest percentage of Blacks or African Americans in 2010.
Rank |
State |
African-American Alone Population (2010)[1] |
% African-American |
7000100000000000000♠1 |
Mississippi |
1,074,200 |
37.30% |
7000200000000000000♠2 |
Louisiana |
1,506,534 |
32.4% |
7000300000000000000♠3 |
Georgia |
3,150,435 |
31.4% |
7000400000000000000♠4 |
Maryland |
1,798,593 |
30.1% |
7000500000000000000♠5 |
South Carolina |
1,290,684 |
28.48% |
7000600000000000000♠6 |
Alabama |
1,251,311 |
26.38% |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
North Carolina |
2,048,628 |
21.60% |
7000800000000000000♠8 |
Delaware |
191,814 |
20.95% |
7000900000000000000♠9 |
Virginia |
1,551,399 |
19.91% |
7001100000000000000♠10 |
Tennessee |
1,055,689 |
16.78% |
7001110000000000000♠11 |
Florida |
2,999,862 |
15.91% |
7001120000000000000♠12 |
Arkansas |
449,895 |
15.76% |
7001130000000000000♠13 |
New York |
3,073,800 |
15.18% |
7001140000000000000♠14 |
Illinois |
1,866,414 |
14.88% |
7001150000000000000♠15 |
New Jersey |
1,204,826 |
14.46% |
7001160000000000000♠16 |
Michigan |
1,400,362 |
14.24% |
7001170000000000000♠17 |
Ohio |
1,407,681 |
12.04% |
7001180000000000000♠18 |
Texas |
2,979,598 |
11.91% |
7001190000000000000♠19 |
Missouri |
704,043 |
11.49% |
7001200000000000000♠20 |
Pennsylvania |
1,377,689 |
10.79% |
7001210000000000000♠21 |
Connecticut |
362,296 |
10.34% |
7001220000000000000♠22 |
Indiana |
591,397 |
9.07% |
7001230000000000000♠23 |
Nevada |
255,633 |
9.0% |
7001240000000000000♠24 |
Kentucky |
361,273 |
8.2% |
7001250000000000000♠25 |
Massachusetts |
528,761 |
8.1% |
7001260000000000000♠26 |
Oklahoma |
277,644 |
7.96% |
7001270000000000000♠27 |
Rhode Island |
79,719 |
7.5% |
7001280000000000000♠28 |
California |
2,299,072 |
6.67% |
7001290000000000000♠29 |
Kansas |
167,864 |
6.15% |
7001300000000000000♠30 |
Wisconsin |
359,148 |
6.07% |
7001310000000000000♠31 |
Minnesota |
274,412 |
4.57% |
7001320000000000000♠32 |
Nebraska |
82,885 |
4.50% |
7001330000000000000♠33 |
Colorado |
201,737 |
4.28% |
7001340000000000000♠34 |
Alaska |
23,263 |
4.27% |
7001350000000000000♠35 |
Arizona |
259,008 |
4.16% |
7001360000000000000♠36 |
Washington |
240,042 |
3.74% |
7001370000000000000♠37 |
West Virginia |
63,124 |
3.58% |
7001380000000000000♠38 |
Hawaii |
21,424 |
3.08% |
7001390000000000000♠39 |
New Mexico |
42,550 |
2.97% |
7001400000000000000♠40 |
Iowa |
89,148 |
2.68% |
7001410000000000000♠41 |
Oregon |
69,206 |
2.01% |
7001420000000000000♠42 |
Wyoming |
4,748 |
1.29% |
7001430000000000000♠43 |
Utah |
29,287 |
1.27% |
7001440000000000000♠44 |
New Hampshire |
15,035 |
1.22% |
7001450000000000000♠45 |
South Dakota |
10,207 |
1.14% |
7001460000000000000♠46 |
North Dakota |
7,960 |
1.08% |
7001470000000000000♠47 |
Maine |
15,707 |
1.03% |
7001480000000000000♠48 |
Idaho |
9,810 |
0.95% |
7001490000000000000♠49 |
Vermont |
6,277 |
0.87% |
7001500000000000000♠50 |
Montana |
4,027 |
0.67% |
African-American proportion of state populations (1790-2010)
African-American % of Population (1790-2010) by U.S. State[2][3][4]
State/Territory | 1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
United States of America |
19.3% |
18.9% |
19.0% |
18.4% |
18.1% |
16.8% |
15.7% |
14.1% |
12.7% |
13.1% |
11.9% |
11.6% |
10.7% |
9.9% |
9.7% |
9.8% |
10.0% |
10.5% |
11.1% |
11.7% |
12.1% |
12.3% |
12.6% |
Alabama |
|
41.4% |
29.0% |
33.2% |
38.5% |
43.3% |
44.7% |
45.4% |
47.7% |
47.5% |
44.8% |
45.2% |
42.5% |
38.4% |
35.7% |
34.7% |
32.0% |
30.0% |
26.2% |
25.6% |
25.3% |
26.0% |
26.2% |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
|
3.0% |
3.0% |
3.4% |
4.1% |
3.5% |
3.3% |
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
1.5% |
1.5% |
1.0% |
2.4% |
2.5% |
3.0% |
3.5% |
3.3% |
3.0% |
2.8% |
3.0% |
3.1% |
4.1% |
Arkansas |
|
|
13.0% |
11.7% |
15.5% |
20.9% |
22.7% |
25.6% |
25.2% |
26.3% |
27.4% |
28.0% |
28.1% |
27.0% |
25.8% |
24.8% |
22.3% |
21.8% |
18.3% |
16.3% |
15.9% |
15.7% |
15.4% |
California |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0% |
1.1% |
0.8% |
0.7% |
0.9% |
0.7% |
0.9% |
1.1% |
1.4% |
1.8% |
4.4% |
5.6% |
7.0% |
7.7% |
7.4% |
6.7% |
6.2% |
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.1% |
1.1% |
1.3% |
1.5% |
1.6% |
1.4% |
1.2% |
1.1% |
1.1% |
1.5% |
2.3% |
3.0% |
3.5% |
4.0% |
3.8% |
4.0% |
Connecticut |
2.3% |
2.5% |
2.6% |
2.9% |
2.7% |
2.6% |
2.1% |
1.9% |
1.8% |
1.9% |
1.6% |
1.7% |
1.4% |
1.5% |
1.8% |
1.9% |
2.7% |
4.2% |
6.0% |
7.0% |
8.3% |
9.1% |
10.1% |
Delaware |
21.6% |
22.4% |
23.8% |
24.0% |
24.9% |
25.0% |
22.2% |
19.3% |
18.2% |
18.0% |
16.8% |
16.6% |
15.4% |
13.6% |
13.7% |
13.5% |
13.7% |
13.6% |
14.3% |
16.1% |
16.9% |
19.2% |
21.4% |
District of Columbia |
|
30.4% |
33.1% |
31.2% |
30.1% |
29.1% |
26.6% |
19.1% |
33.0% |
33.6% |
32.8% |
31.1% |
28.5% |
25.1% |
27.1% |
28.2% |
35.0% |
53.9% |
71.1% |
70.3% |
65.8% |
60.0% |
50.7% |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
47.1% |
48.7% |
46.0% |
44.6% |
48.8% |
47.0% |
42.5% |
43.7% |
41.0% |
34.0% |
29.4% |
27.1% |
21.8% |
17.8% |
15.3% |
13.8% |
13.6% |
14.6% |
16.0% |
Georgia |
35.9% |
37.1% |
42.5% |
44.4% |
42.6% |
41.0% |
42.4% |
44.0% |
46.0% |
47.0% |
46.7% |
46.7% |
45.1% |
41.7% |
36.8% |
34.7% |
30.9% |
28.5% |
25.9% |
26.8% |
27.0% |
28.7% |
30.5% |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.2% |
0.4% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.5% |
0.8% |
1.0% |
1.8% |
2.5% |
1.8% |
1.6% |
Idaho |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.4% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.6% |
Illinois |
|
7.4% |
6.4% |
2.5% |
1.5% |
0.8% |
0.6% |
0.4% |
1.1% |
1.5% |
1.5% |
1.8% |
1.9% |
2.8% |
4.3% |
4.9% |
7.4% |
10.3% |
12.8% |
14.7% |
14.8% |
15.1% |
14.5% |
Indiana |
|
4.4% |
2.6% |
1.0% |
1.1% |
1.0% |
1.1% |
0.8% |
1.5% |
2.0% |
2.1% |
2.3% |
2.2% |
2.8% |
3.5% |
3.6% |
4.4% |
5.8% |
6.9% |
7.6% |
7.8% |
8.4% |
9.1% |
Iowa |
|
|
|
|
|
0.4% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.5% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
0.7% |
0.8% |
0.7% |
0.7% |
0.8% |
0.9% |
1.2% |
1.4% |
1.7% |
2.1% |
2.9% |
Kansas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.6% |
4.7% |
4.3% |
3.5% |
3.5% |
3.2% |
3.3% |
3.5% |
3.6% |
3.8% |
4.2% |
4.8% |
5.3% |
5.8% |
5.7% |
5.9% |
Kentucky |
17.0% |
18.6% |
20.2% |
22.9% |
24.7% |
24.3% |
22.5% |
20.4% |
16.8% |
16.5% |
14.4% |
13.3% |
11.4% |
9.8% |
8.6% |
7.5% |
6.9% |
7.1% |
7.2% |
7.1% |
7.1% |
7.3% |
7.8% |
Louisiana |
|
|
55.2% |
51.8% |
58.5% |
55.0% |
50.7% |
49.5% |
50.1% |
51.5% |
50.0% |
47.1% |
43.1% |
38.9% |
36.9% |
35.9% |
32.9% |
31.9% |
29.8% |
29.4% |
30.8% |
32.5% |
32.0% |
Maine |
0.6% |
0.5% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.5% |
1.2% |
Maryland |
34.7% |
36.7% |
38.2% |
36.1% |
34.9% |
32.3% |
28.3% |
24.9% |
22.5% |
22.5% |
20.7% |
19.8% |
17.9% |
16.9% |
16.9% |
16.6% |
16.5% |
16.7% |
17.8% |
22.7% |
24.9% |
27.9% |
29.4% |
Massachusetts |
1.4% |
1.5% |
1.4% |
1.3% |
1.2% |
1.2% |
0.9% |
0.8% |
1.0% |
1.0% |
1.0% |
1.1% |
1.1% |
1.2% |
1.2% |
1.3% |
1.6% |
2.2% |
3.1% |
3.9% |
5.0% |
5.4% |
7.9% |
Michigan |
|
3.7% |
3.0% |
2.1% |
0.8% |
0.3% |
0.6% |
0.9% |
1.0% |
0.9% |
0.7% |
0.7% |
0.6% |
1.6% |
3.5% |
4.0% |
6.9% |
9.2% |
11.2% |
12.9% |
13.9% |
14.2% |
14.2% |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.6% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
0.5% |
0.7% |
0.9% |
1.3% |
2.2% |
3.5% |
5.2% |
Mississippi |
|
41.5% |
47.0% |
44.1% |
48.4% |
52.3% |
51.2% |
55.3% |
53.7% |
57.5% |
57.6% |
58.5% |
56.2% |
52.2% |
50.2% |
49.2% |
45.3% |
42.0% |
36.8% |
35.2% |
35.6% |
36.3% |
37.0% |
Missouri |
|
|
17.6% |
15.9% |
18.3% |
15.6% |
13.2% |
10.0% |
6.9% |
6.7% |
5.6% |
5.2% |
4.8% |
5.2% |
6.2% |
6.5% |
7.5% |
9.0% |
10.3% |
10.5% |
10.7% |
11.2% |
11.6% |
Montana |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.9% |
0.9% |
1.0% |
0.6% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
Nebraska |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.3% |
0.6% |
0.5% |
0.8% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
1.0% |
1.0% |
1.1% |
1.5% |
2.1% |
2.7% |
3.1% |
3.6% |
4.0% |
4.5% |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.7% |
0.8% |
0.8% |
0.5% |
0.3% |
0.6% |
0.4% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
2.7% |
4.7% |
5.7% |
6.4% |
6.6% |
6.8% |
8.1% |
New Hampshire |
0.6% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.6% |
0.7% |
1.1% |
New Jersey |
7.7% |
8.0% |
7.6% |
7.2% |
6.4% |
5.8% |
4.9% |
3.8% |
3.4% |
3.4% |
3.3% |
3.7% |
3.5% |
3.7% |
5.2% |
5.5% |
6.6% |
8.5% |
10.7% |
12.6% |
13.4% |
13.6% |
13.7% |
New Mexico |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.8% |
1.2% |
0.8% |
0.5% |
1.6% |
0.7% |
0.9% |
1.2% |
1.8% |
1.9% |
1.8% |
2.0% |
1.9% |
2.1% |
New York |
7.6% |
5.3% |
4.2% |
2.9% |
2.3% |
2.1% |
1.6% |
1.3% |
1.2% |
1.3% |
1.2% |
1.4% |
1.5% |
1.9% |
3.3% |
4.2% |
6.2% |
8.4% |
11.9% |
13.7% |
15.9% |
15.9% |
17.5% |
North Carolina |
26.8% |
29.4% |
32.2% |
34.4% |
35.9% |
35.6% |
36.4% |
36.4% |
36.6% |
38.0% |
34.7% |
33.0% |
31.6% |
29.8% |
29.0% |
27.5% |
25.8% |
24.5% |
22.2% |
22.4% |
22.0% |
21.6% |
21.5% |
North Dakota |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
1.2% |
Ohio |
|
0.5% |
0.8% |
0.8% |
1.0% |
1.1% |
1.3% |
1.6% |
2.4% |
2.5% |
2.4% |
2.3% |
2.3% |
3.2% |
4.7% |
4.9% |
6.5% |
8.1% |
9.1% |
10.0% |
10.6% |
11.5% |
12.2% |
Oklahoma |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.4% |
7.0% |
8.3% |
7.4% |
7.2% |
7.2% |
6.5% |
6.6% |
6.7% |
6.8% |
7.4% |
7.6% |
7.4% |
Oregon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5% |
0.2% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.8% |
1.0% |
1.3% |
1.4% |
1.6% |
1.6% |
1.8% |
Pennsylvania |
2.4% |
2.7% |
2.9% |
2.9% |
2.8% |
2.8% |
2.3% |
2.0% |
1.9% |
2.0% |
2.0% |
2.5% |
2.5% |
3.3% |
4.5% |
4.7% |
6.1% |
7.5% |
8.6% |
8.8% |
9.2% |
10.0% |
10.8% |
Rhode Island |
6.3% |
5.3% |
4.8% |
4.3% |
3.7% |
3.0% |
2.5% |
2.3% |
2.3% |
2.3% |
2.1% |
2.1% |
1.8% |
1.7% |
1.4% |
1.5% |
1.8% |
2.1% |
2.7% |
2.9% |
3.9% |
4.5% |
5.7% |
South Carolina |
43.7% |
43.2% |
48.4% |
52.8% |
55.6% |
56.4% |
58.9% |
58.6% |
58.9% |
60.7% |
59.8% |
58.4% |
55.2% |
51.4% |
45.6% |
42.9% |
38.8% |
34.8% |
30.5% |
30.4% |
29.8% |
29.5% |
27.9% |
South Dakota |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0% |
0.6% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.5% |
0.6% |
1.3% |
Tennessee |
10.6% |
13.2% |
17.5% |
19.6% |
21.4% |
22.7% |
24.5% |
25.5% |
25.6% |
26.1% |
24.4% |
23.8% |
21.7% |
19.3% |
18.3% |
17.4% |
16.1% |
16.5% |
15.8% |
15.8% |
16.0% |
16.4% |
16.7% |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
27.5% |
30.3% |
31.0% |
24.7% |
21.8% |
20.4% |
17.7% |
15.9% |
14.7% |
14.4% |
12.7% |
12.4% |
12.5% |
12.0% |
11.9% |
11.5% |
11.8% |
Utah |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.4% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.4% |
0.5% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
0.7% |
0.8% |
1.1% |
Vermont |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.5% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.5% |
1.0% |
Virginia |
43.4% |
44.6% |
47.1% |
47.8% |
47.9% |
46.9% |
45.0% |
43.3% |
41.9% |
41.8% |
38.4% |
35.6% |
32.6% |
29.9% |
26.8% |
24.7% |
22.1% |
20.6% |
18.5% |
18.9% |
18.8% |
19.6% |
19.4% |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12.7% |
0.3% |
0.9% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
1.3% |
1.7% |
2.1% |
2.6% |
3.1% |
3.2% |
3.6% |
West Virginia |
9.5% |
9.8% |
11.5% |
12.1% |
11.2% |
9.6% |
7.8% |
5.6% |
4.1% |
4.2% |
4.3% |
4.5% |
5.3% |
5.9% |
6.6% |
6.2% |
5.7% |
4.8% |
3.9% |
3.3% |
3.1% |
3.2% |
3.4% |
Wisconsin |
|
|
|
1.2% |
1.8% |
0.6% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
0.8% |
1.9% |
2.9% |
3.9% |
5.0% |
5.7% |
6.3% |
Wyoming |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.0% |
1.4% |
1.5% |
1.0% |
1.5% |
0.7% |
0.6% |
0.4% |
0.9% |
0.7% |
0.8% |
0.7% |
0.8% |
0.8% |
0.8% |
Puerto Rico |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.0% |
12.4% |
See also
References
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau (2011). "2010 Census Interactive Population Search". Retrieved 2011-06-24.
- ↑ "Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States". Census.gov. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Powered by Google Docs" (PDF). Docs.google.com. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Powered by Google Docs" (PDF). Docs.google.com. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
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