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Black or African American alone, not Hispanic: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Hispanic origin and race by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 11.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 38 %
RI 5.1 %
DE 21.7 %
CT 10 %
NJ 11.9 %
MD 28.8 %
MA 6.7 %
VT 1.7 %
NH 1.4 %

Lowest: 0.6 to 2.4 %
Group 2: 2.4 to 5.1 %
Group 3: 5.1 to 10.1 %
Group 4: 10.1 to 14.8 %
Highest: 14.8 to 38 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	District of Columbia	38
2	Mississippi	35.8
3	Louisiana	30.5
4	Georgia	30.2
5	Maryland	28.8
6	Alabama	24.9
7	South Carolina	22.9
8	Delaware	21.7
9	North Carolina	19.2
10	Virginia	17.9
11	Tennessee	14.8
12	Arkansas	14.5
13	Florida	13.9
14	Illinois	13.2
15	Michigan	13
15	New York	13
17	Ohio	12.2
18	New Jersey	11.9
19	Texas	11.7
20	Missouri	10.7
21	Pennsylvania	10.1
22	Connecticut	10
23	Indiana	9.5
24	Nevada	9.1
25	Kentucky	7.7
26	Minnesota	7.4
27	Massachusetts	6.7
28	Oklahoma	6.4
29	Wisconsin	5.8
30	Kansas	5.3
31	Rhode Island	5.1
32	California	5
33	Nebraska	4.6
34	Arizona	4.5
35	Iowa	4.3
36	Washington	4
36	West Virginia	4
38	Colorado	3.9
39	North Dakota	3.6
40	Alaska	3
41	Maine	2.4
42	Oregon	2
42	South Dakota	2
44	New Mexico	1.8
45	Hawaii	1.7
45	Vermont	1.7
47	New Hampshire	1.4
48	Utah	1.1
49	Idaho	0.8
50	Wyoming	0.7
51	Montana	0.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP05: ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by Black or African American alone, not Hispanic (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP05; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-black-or-african-american-alone-not-hispanic/

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