Demographics Table
State![]() |
Value (Percent)![]() |
People (Black)![]() |
Rank within US (of 52 states) ![]() |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 12.6 | 41,393,012 | N/A |
Texas | 12.1 | 3,499,862 | 19 |
Florida | 15.7 | 3,358,469 | 12 |
Georgia | 31.5 | 3,350,903 | 4 |
New York | 15.2 | 3,058,846 | 14 |
California | 5.7 | 2,233,258 | 32 |
North Carolina | 21.2 | 2,193,147 | 9 |
Maryland | 29.8 | 1,833,987 | 5 |
Illinois | 14.1 | 1,804,013 | 15 |
Virginia | 19.0 | 1,631,941 | 10 |
Louisiana | 31.9 | 1,486,002 | 3 |
Ohio | 12.3 | 1,452,530 | 18 |
Pennsylvania | 11.0 | 1,425,210 | 21 |
Michigan | 13.6 | 1,368,177 | 16 |
South Carolina | 26.2 | 1,328,691 | 7 |
Alabama | 26.5 | 1,324,233 | 6 |
New Jersey | 13.3 | 1,225,321 | 17 |
Tennessee | 16.5 | 1,130,608 | 11 |
Mississippi | 37.5 | 1,113,414 | 2 |
Missouri | 11.3 | 695,678 | 20 |
Indiana | 9.4 | 635,076 | 24 |
Massachusetts | 7.3 | 511,394 | 27 |
Arkansas | 15.2 | 458,086 | 13 |
Connecticut | 10.8 | 389,290 | 22 |
Minnesota | 6.6 | 376,406 | 29 |
Wisconsin | 6.3 | 372,439 | 31 |
Kentucky | 8.0 | 361,703 | 26 |
Puerto Rico | 10.0 | 329,651 | 23 |
Arizona | 4.5 | 318,827 | 35 |
District of Columbia | 44.7 | 305,109 | 1 |
Washington | 3.9 | 293,401 | 37 |
Oklahoma | 7.2 | 284,536 | 28 |
Nevada | 9.3 | 284,412 | 25 |
Colorado | 4.1 | 234,065 | 36 |
Delaware | 22.0 | 215,745 | 8 |
Kansas | 5.6 | 165,291 | 33 |
Iowa | 3.7 | 119,036 | 38 |
Nebraska | 4.8 | 93,358 | 34 |
Oregon | 1.9 | 77,913 | 45 |
Rhode Island | 6.4 | 69,398 | 30 |
West Virginia | 3.4 | 61,143 | 39 |
New Mexico | 2.1 | 44,792 | 43 |
Utah | 1.2 | 38,545 | 49 |
Hawaii | 1.9 | 28,142 | 44 |
North Dakota | 3.1 | 24,349 | 41 |
Alaska | 3.2 | 23,721 | 40 |
New Hampshire | 1.6 | 21,834 | 46 |
Maine | 1.4 | 19,525 | 47 |
South Dakota | 2.2 | 19,300 | 42 |
Idaho | 0.7 | 12,242 | 51 |
Vermont | 1.3 | 8,166 | 48 |
Montana | 0.6 | 6,236 | 52 |
Wyoming | 0.9 | 5,242 | 50 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/09/2023 5:23 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Population: Black, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/09/2023 5:23 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Population: Black, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.