African American population in the USA by states (2024)

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%