(ST-99-45) States Ranked by Black Population, July 1, 1999 Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233 Internet Release Date: August 30, 2000 Contact: Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau (301-457-2422) pop@census.gov (please include a phone number with email correspondence) Estimated 4/1/90 |-----7/1/99-----| Black Population |--4/1/90 to 7/1/99--| Rank of Population, Estimates Numeric Percent Percent Percent Rank STATE 7/1/99 Base Change Change Black Black 1 NEW YORK 3,222,461 3,065,158 157,303 5.1 17.7 11 2 CALIFORNIA 2,487,006 2,309,935 177,071 7.7 7.5 26 3 TEXAS 2,470,194 2,048,099 422,095 20.6 12.3 18 4 FLORIDA 2,333,424 1,772,424 561,000 31.7 15.4 14 5 GEORGIA 2,235,897 1,751,180 484,717 27.7 28.7 5 6 ILLINOIS 1,854,173 1,707,405 146,768 8.6 15.3 15 7 NORTH CAROLINA 1,686,143 1,461,563 224,580 15.4 22.0 8 8 MARYLAND 1,454,381 1,196,221 258,160 21.6 28.1 6 9 MICHIGAN 1,415,201 1,298,365 116,836 9.0 14.3 17 10 LOUISIANA 1,415,195 1,303,323 111,872 8.6 32.4 3 11 VIRGINIA 1,384,651 1,168,283 216,368 18.5 20.1 9 12 OHIO 1,304,126 1,159,796 144,330 12.4 11.6 19 13 NEW JERSEY 1,197,430 1,077,119 120,311 11.2 14.7 16 14 PENNSYLVANIA 1,170,095 1,105,025 65,070 5.9 9.8 21 15 SOUTH CAROLINA 1,156,946 1,041,514 115,432 11.1 29.8 4 16 ALABAMA 1,138,726 1,021,418 117,308 11.5 26.1 7 17 MISSISSIPPI 1,010,216 917,454 92,762 10.1 36.5 2 18 TENNESSEE 912,577 779,205 133,372 17.1 16.6 12 19 MISSOURI 617,148 549,719 67,429 12.3 11.3 20 20 INDIANA 497,976 434,307 63,669 14.7 8.4 23 21 ARKANSAS 410,821 374,406 36,415 9.7 16.1 13 22 MASSACHUSETTS 405,159 327,440 77,719 23.7 6.6 28 23 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 318,657 402,472 -83,815 -20.8 61.4 1 24 CONNECTICUT 308,772 282,103 26,669 9.5 9.4 22 25 WISCONSIN 293,367 246,797 46,570 18.9 5.6 30 26 KENTUCKY 288,336 264,171 24,165 9.1 7.3 27 27 OKLAHOMA 262,136 235,712 26,424 11.2 7.8 24 28 WASHINGTON 203,853 152,569 51,284 33.6 3.5 36 29 COLORADO 176,277 135,995 40,282 29.6 4.3 32 30 ARIZONA 175,506 114,960 60,546 52.7 3.7 35 31 KANSAS 157,176 144,741 12,435 8.6 5.9 29 32 DELAWARE 149,290 113,453 35,837 31.6 19.8 10 33 MINNESOTA 148,596 96,173 52,423 54.5 3.1 37 34 NEVADA 140,031 79,862 60,169 75.3 7.7 25 35 NEBRASKA 68,067 57,862 10,205 17.6 4.1 33 36 OREGON 62,012 47,017 14,995 31.9 1.9 42 37 IOWA 58,013 48,417 9,596 19.8 2.0 41 38 WEST VIRGINIA 56,108 56,398 -290 -0.5 3.1 38 39 RHODE ISLAND 50,292 43,317 6,975 16.1 5.1 31 40 NEW MEXICO 45,792 31,651 14,141 44.7 2.6 40 41 HAWAII 33,752 27,947 5,805 20.8 2.8 39 42 ALASKA 24,067 22,833 1,234 5.4 3.9 34 43 UTAH 19,481 12,082 7,399 61.2 0.9 43 44 NEW HAMPSHIRE 9,044 7,358 1,686 22.9 0.8 45 45 IDAHO 7,561 3,519 4,042 114.9 0.6 48 46 MAINE 6,258 5,194 1,064 20.5 0.5 50 47 SOUTH DAKOTA 5,099 3,291 1,808 54.9 0.7 46 48 WYOMING 4,210 3,723 487 13.1 0.9 44 49 NORTH DAKOTA 4,118 3,567 551 15.4 0.6 47 50 VERMONT 3,184 1,973 1,211 61.4 0.5 49 51 MONTANA 3,168 2,424 744 30.7 0.4 51