# US states by black or African American population share, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `black_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who are not Hispanic or Latino and report Black or African American as their only race, as a percentage of the total population. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/black-population-share/us-states
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/black-population-share/us-states.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 41.6 |
| 2 | Mississippi | 36.3 |
| 3 | Georgia | 30.7 |
| 4 | Louisiana | 30.5 |
| 5 | Maryland | 29 |
| 6 | Alabama | 25.6 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 24.6 |
| 8 | Delaware | 21.4 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 20 |
| 10 | Virginia | 18.3 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 15.4 |
| 12 | Arkansas | 14.7 |
| 13 | Florida | 14.6 |
| 14 | New York | 13.4 |
| 15 | Illinois | 13.3 |
| 16 | Michigan | 13.1 |
| 17 | New Jersey | 12.2 |
| 18 | Ohio | 12 |
| 19 | Texas | 11.9 |
| 20 | Missouri | 10.9 |
| 21 | Pennsylvania | 10.3 |
| 22 | Connecticut | 9.8 |
| 23 | Indiana | 9.1 |
| 24 | Nevada | 9 |
| 25 | Kentucky | 7.6 |
| 26 | Minnesota | 7 |
| 27 | Oklahoma | 6.8 |
| 28 | Massachusetts | 6.4 |
| 29 | Wisconsin | 6 |
| 30 | California | 5.2 |
| 31 | Kansas | 5.2 |
| 32 | Rhode Island | 4.9 |
| 33 | Nebraska | 4.6 |
| 34 | Arizona | 4.4 |
| 35 | Washington | 3.9 |
| 36 | Colorado | 3.8 |
| 37 | Iowa | 3.8 |
| 38 | North Dakota | 3.3 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 3.1 |
| 40 | Alaska | 2.9 |
| 41 | South Dakota | 2.1 |
| 42 | Oregon | 1.8 |
| 43 | New Mexico | 1.8 |
| 44 | Maine | 1.8 |
| 45 | Hawaii | 1.8 |
| 46 | New Hampshire | 1.3 |
| 47 | Vermont | 1.1 |
| 48 | Utah | 1.1 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 0.8 |
| 50 | Idaho | 0.7 |
| 51 | Montana | 0.4 |