| States Ranked by Percent of Population Selecting Race of Black/African American Alone | ||||
| Rank | State | Number Selecting Race of Black/African American Alone | Total Population | Percent Selecting Race of Black/African American Alone |
| 1. | District of Columbia | 343,213 | 572,059 | 60.00% |
| 2. | Mississippi | 1,033,437 | 2,844,658 | 36.33% |
| 3. | Louisiana | 1,444,566 | 4,468,976 | 32.32% |
| 4. | South Carolina | 1,182,727 | 4,012,012 | 29.48% |
| 5. | Georgia | 2,342,110 | 8,186,453 | 28.61% |
| 6. | Maryland | 1,468,243 | 5,296,486 | 27.72% |
| 7. | Alabama | 1,153,044 | 4,447,100 | 25.93% |
| 8. | North Carolina | 1,734,154 | 8,049,313 | 21.54% |
| 9. | Virginia | 1,384,008 | 7,078,515 | 19.55% |
| 10. | Delaware | 148,823 | 783,600 | 18.99% |
| 11. | Tennessee | 929,864 | 5,689,283 | 16.34% |
| 12. | New York | 2,986,242 | 18,976,457 | 15.74% |
| 13. | Arkansas | 417,881 | 2,673,400 | 15.63% |
| 14. | Illinois | 1,864,619 | 12,419,293 | 15.01% |
| 15. | Florida | 2,312,105 | 15,982,378 | 14.47% |
| 16. | Michigan | 1,401,723 | 9,938,444 | 14.10% |
| 17. | New Jersey | 1,127,266 | 8,414,350 | 13.40% |
| 18. | Texas | 2,385,554 | 20,851,820 | 11.44% |
| 19. | Ohio | 1,288,359 | 11,353,140 | 11.35% |
| 20. | Missouri | 622,087 | 5,595,211 | 11.12% |
| 21. | Pennsylvania | 1,211,669 | 12,281,054 | 9.87% |
| 22. | Connecticut | 305,902 | 3,405,565 | 8.98% |
| 23. | Indiana | 504,449 | 6,080,485 | 8.30% |
| 24. | Oklahoma | 258,532 | 3,450,654 | 7.49% |
| 25. | Kentucky | 293,915 | 4,041,769 | 7.27% |
| 26. | Nevada | 132,490 | 1,998,257 | 6.63% |
| 27. | California | 2,219,190 | 33,871,648 | 6.55% |
| 28. | Kansas | 150,584 | 2,688,418 | 5.60% |
| 29. | Wisconsin | 300,355 | 5,363,675 | 5.60% |
| 30. | Massachusetts | 337,157 | 6,349,097 | 5.31% |
| 31. | Rhode Island | 45,236 | 1,048,319 | 4.32% |
| 32. | Nebraska | 67,435 | 1,711,263 | 3.94% |
| 33. | Colorado | 159,279 | 4,301,261 | 3.70% |
| 34. | Alaska | 21,968 | 626,932 | 3.50% |
| 35. | Minnesota | 167,857 | 4,919,479 | 3.41% |
| 36. | Washington | 185,052 | 5,894,121 | 3.14% |
| 37. | West Virginia | 55,999 | 1,808,344 | 3.10% |
| 38. | Arizona | 154,316 | 5,130,632 | 3.01% |
| 39. | Iowa | 59,758 | 2,926,324 | 2.04% |
| 40. | New Mexico | 33,513 | 1,819,046 | 1.84% |
| 41. | Hawaii | 20,945 | 1,211,537 | 1.73% |
| 42. | Oregon | 53,032 | 3,421,399 | 1.55% |
| 43. | New Hampshire | 8,984 | 1,235,786 | 0.73% |
| 44. | Utah | 16,150 | 2,233,169 | 0.72% |
| 45. | Wyoming | 3,126 | 493,782 | 0.63% |
| 46. | South Dakota | 4,518 | 754,844 | 0.60% |
| 47. | North Dakota | 3,673 | 642,200 | 0.57% |
| 48. | Vermont | 2,981 | 608,827 | 0.49% |
| 49. | Maine | 6,047 | 1,274,923 | 0.47% |
| 50. | Idaho | 5,244 | 1,293,953 | 0.41% |
| 51. | Montana | 2,359 | 902,195 | 0.26% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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