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PERCENT BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN RANKING, 2000

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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