South Carolina Ranked #5 in Percentage of African-American Residents by State
In light of the Social Justice movement and the upcoming national election, the African American voice has become more important than ever. We wanted to share data on the states with the highest percentage of African Americans and see where South Carolina faired.
South Carolina is ranked 5th in the United States (excluding the District of Columbia) for the highest percentage of African American residents at 28.28% in 2020.
Here are the 10 states with the highest percentage of black residents:
- Mississippi (38.41%)
- Louisiana (33.30%)
- Georgia (32.81%)
- Maryland (31.64%)
- South Carolina (28.28%)
- Alabama (27.44%)
- Delaware (23.89%)
- North Carolina (22.95%)
- Virginia (21.00%)
- Tennessee (17.87%)
Top 10 Details (Including District of Columbia)
The District of Columbia has the highest share of blacks comprising 46.06% of the population. There are a total of 315,281 blacks or African Americans in D.C.
Mississippi has the second-highest percentage of blacks at 37.53% of the total population. Mississippi’s total black population is 1,121,752.
Louisiana has the third-highest percentage of blacks at 32.00%, a total of 1,492,230.
With 3,195,363 blacks, Georgia has the fourth-highest percentage of blacks at 31.03% and the second-highest total number of blacks of any state (Texas has the highest of 3,269,253).
Maryland’s black population is 1,759,438, comprising 29.31% of the state’s total population. This makes Maryland have the fifth-highest black population by percentage and eighth-highest by numbers.
South Carolina has the sixth-highest black population in the U.S. with 1,328,352 equaling 26.80% of the population.
The state with the seventh-highest black population by percentage is Alabama with the black population comprising 26.43% of the total population. The black population is 1,285,737 people.
Delaware has the eighth-highest black population by percentage of 21.56%. Delaware has a total of 204,665 blacks.
With a black population of 2,146,254, North Carolina has the ninth-largest black population by percentage of the total population and the sixth-largest by number. North Carolina’s black population comprises 21.13% of the state’s total population.
Finishing the top ten list of the state with the largest black populations by percentage is Virginia, where the population is 18.81% black. Virginia has a total black population of 1,582,421, the ninth-highest black population by numbers.
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