African American population in the USA by states (2025)
African Americans make up 14.2% of the United States of America’s population based on the 2019 estimate. That translate to 46,713,850.
Find below the population of African Americans in the United States of America by states. It is ranked by states or territory with the most African American population. The source is U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division.
| Overall rank | State or territory | Population (2019 estimate) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 3,996,697 | 33.5% |
| 2 | Texas | 3,908,287 | 13.5% |
| 3 | Florida | 3,772,874 | 17.6% |
| 4 | New York | 3,424,002 | 17.6% |
| 5 | California | 2,782,446 | 7.0% |
| 6 | North Carolina | 2,424,132 | 23.1% |
| 7 | Illinois | 1,951,681 | 15.4% |
| 8 | Maryland | 1,946,932 | 32.2% |
| 9 | Virginia | 1,820,891 | 21.3% |
| 10 | Ohio | 1,686,729 | 14.4% |
| 11 | Pennsylvania | 1,649,737 | 12.9% |
| 12 | Louisiana | 1,554,297 | 33.4% |
| 13 | Michigan | 1,528,779 | 15.3% |
| 14 | South Carolina | 1,441,530 | 28.0% |
| 15 | Alabama | 1,364,474 | 27.8% |
| 16 | New Jersey | 1,339,574 | 15.1% |
| 17 | Tennessee | 1,228,973 | 18.0% |
| 18 | Mississippi | 1,156,497 | 38.9% |
| 19 | Missouri | 792,197 | 12.9% |
| 20 | Indiana | 740,150 | 11.0% |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 684,786 | 9.0% |
| 22 | Puerto Rico | 609,279 | 19.1% |
| 23 | Arkansas | 502,913 | 16.7% |
| 24 | Connecticut | 470,791 | 13.2% |
| 25 | Minnesota | 454,116 | 8.1% |
| 26 | Wisconsin | 438,719 | 7.5% |
| 27 | Arizona | 434,612 | 6.0% |
| 28 | Washington | 429,718 | 5.6% |
| 29 | Kentucky | 424,716 | 9.5% |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 365,883 | 9.2% |
| 31 | Nevada | 347,489 | 11.3% |
| 32 | District of Columbia | 333,312 | 47.2% |
| 33 | Colorado | 313,737 | 5.4% |
| 34 | Delaware | 237,780 | 24.4% |
| 35 | Kansas | 214,714 | 7.4% |
| 36 | Iowa | 162,710 | 5.2% |
| 37 | Oregon | 124,502 | 3.0% |
| 38 | Nebraska | 117,408 | 6.1% |
| 39 | Rhode Island | 101,579 | 9.6% |
| 40 | West Virginia | 86,426 | 4.8% |
| 41 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 80,908 | 76.0% |
| 42 | New Mexico | 70,254 | 3.4% |
| 43 | Utah | 61,766 | 1.9% |
| 44 | Hawaii | 49,041 | 3.5% |
| 45 | Alaska | 34,639 | 4.7% |
| 46 | Maine | 32,313 | 2.4% |
| 47 | New Hampshire | 30,557 | 2.2% |
| 48 | North Dakota | 30,067 | 3.9% |
| 49 | South Dakota | 26,679 | 3.0% |
| 50 | Idaho | 21,666 | 1.2% |
| 51 | Montana | 14,608 | 1.4% |
| 52 | Vermont | 13,042 | 2.1% |
| 53 | Wyoming | 12,428 | 2.1% |
| 54 | Guam | 1,540 | 1.0% |
| 55 | Northern Mariana Islands | 55 | 0.1% |
| 56 | American Samoa | 13 | 0.02% |