|
|
Black
Population Per State
and Its Percentage of the State's Population
|
| State |
Total |
Black
Total |
Percent |
|
Alabama
|
4,486,508
|
*1,308,232
|
29.2
%
|
|
Alaska
|
643,786
|
21,787
|
3.4
%
|
|
Arizona
|
5,456,453
|
158,873
|
3.0
%
|
|
Arkansas
|
2,710,079
|
418,950
|
15.5 %
|
|
California
|
35,116,033
|
*2,337,935
|
6.7
%
|
|
Colorado
|
4,506,542
|
165,063
|
3.7
%
|
|
Connecticut
|
3,460,503
|
309,843
|
9.0
%
|
|
Delaware
|
807,385
|
160,866
|
20.0
%
|
|
District of Columbia |
570,898 |
343,213 |
60.1 % |
|
Florida
|
16,713,149
|
2,335,505
|
14.0
%
|
|
Georgia
|
8,560,310
|
2,349,542
|
27.5
%
|
|
Hawaii
|
1,244,898
|
22,003
|
1.8
%
|
|
Idaho
|
1,341,131
|
5,456
|
0.4
%
|
|
Illinois
|
12,600,620
|
1,876,875
|
15.0
%
|
|
Indiana
|
6,159,068
|
510,034
|
8.3
%
|
|
Iowa
|
2,936,760
|
61,853
|
2.1
%
|
|
Kansas
|
2,715,884
|
154,198
|
5.7
%
|
|
Kentucky
|
4,092,891
|
295,994
|
7.2
%
|
|
Louisiana
|
4,482,646
|
1,451,944
|
32.4
%
|
|
Maine
|
1,294,464
|
6,760
|
0.5
%
|
|
Maryland
|
5,458,137
|
1,477,412
|
27.1
%
|
|
Massachusetts
|
6,427,801
|
343,454
|
5.3
%
|
|
Michigan
|
10,050,446
|
1,412,742
|
14.1
%
|
|
Minnesota
|
5,019,720
|
171,731
|
3.4
%
|
|
Mississippi
|
2,871,782
|
1,033,809
|
36.0
%
|
|
Missouri
|
5,672,579
|
629,391
|
11.1
%
|
|
Montana
|
909,453
|
2,692
|
0.3
%
|
|
Nebraska
|
1,729,180
|
68,541
|
4.0
%
|
|
Nevada
|
2,173,491
|
135,477
|
6.2
%
|
|
New
Hampshire
|
1,275,056
|
9,035
|
0.7
%
|
|
New
Jersey
|
8,590,300
|
1,141,821
|
13.3
%
|
|
New
Mexico
|
1,855,059
|
34,343
|
1.9
%
|
|
New
York
|
19,157,532
|
3,014,385
|
15.7
%
|
|
North
Carolina
|
8,320,146
|
1,737,545
|
20.0
%
|
|
North
Dakota
|
634,110
|
3,916
|
0.6
%
|
|
Ohio
|
11,421,267
|
1,301,307
|
11.4
%
|
|
Oklahoma
|
3,493,714
|
260,968
|
7.5
%
|
|
Oregon
|
3,521,515
|
55,662
|
1.6
%
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
12,335,091
|
1,224,612
|
9.9
%
|
|
Rhode
Island
|
1,069,725
|
46,908
|
4.4
%
|
|
South
Carolina
|
4,107,183
|
1,185,216
|
28.9
%
|
|
South
Dakota
|
761,063
|
4,685
|
0.6
%
|
|
Tennessee
|
5,797,289
|
932,809
|
16.1
%
|
|
Texas
|
21,779,893
|
2,404,566
|
11.0
%
|
|
Utah
|
2,316,256
|
17,657
|
0.8
%
|
|
Vermont
|
616,592
|
3,063
|
0.5
%
|
|
Virginia
|
7,293,542
|
1,390,293
|
19.1
%
|
|
Washington
|
6,068,996
|
190,267
|
3.1
%
|
|
West
Virginia
|
1,801,873
|
57,232
|
3.2
%
|
|
Wisconsin
|
5,441,196
|
304,460
|
5.6
%
|
|
Wyoming
|
498,703
|
3,722
|
0.8
%
|
All figures are rounded to the nearest tenth of a
percent .
Source: Total population figures are from 2002 US Census
Data.
Black population figures are from U.S. Census data for the year 2000.
* = 2001 data from state sources |