(ST-98-42) States ranked by Black population in 1998 Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233 Internet Release date: September 15, 1999. First released as (ST-98-25). Tables re-numbered effective: October 6, 1999. Contact: Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau 301-457-2422 Estimated revised rank of Black pop. 4/1/90 change percent percent percent Rank STATE in 1998 Census since 90 change Black Black 1 NEW YORK 3,219,676 3,065,158 154,518 5.0 17.7 11 2 CALIFORNIA 2,455,570 2,303,981 151,589 6.6 7.5 26 3 TEXAS 2,430,061 2,048,099 381,962 18.6 12.3 18 4 FLORIDA 2,267,753 1,772,424 495,329 27.9 15.2 15 5 GEORGIA 2,181,455 1,751,180 430,275 24.6 28.5 5 6 ILLINOIS 1,839,744 1,707,405 132,339 7.8 15.3 14 7 NORTH CAROLINA 1,665,273 1,461,563 203,710 13.9 22.1 8 8 MARYLAND 1,428,207 1,196,221 231,986 19.4 27.8 6 9 LOUISIANA 1,407,201 1,303,311 103,890 8.0 32.2 3 10 MICHIGAN 1,404,748 1,298,365 106,383 8.2 14.3 17 11 VIRGINIA 1,362,617 1,168,283 194,334 16.6 20.1 9 12 OHIO 1,289,760 1,159,796 129,964 11.2 11.5 19 13 NEW JERSEY 1,188,236 1,077,119 111,117 10.3 14.6 16 14 PENNSYLVANIA 1,166,151 1,105,025 61,126 5.5 9.7 21 15 SOUTH CAROLINA 1,147,239 1,041,514 105,725 10.2 29.9 4 16 ALABAMA 1,132,196 1,021,418 110,778 10.8 26.0 7 17 MISSISSIPPI 1,003,175 917,454 85,721 9.3 36.5 2 18 TENNESSEE 899,546 779,205 120,341 15.4 16.6 12 19 MISSOURI 612,788 549,719 63,069 11.5 11.3 20 20 INDIANA 490,626 434,307 56,319 13.0 8.3 23 21 ARKANSAS 407,618 374,406 33,212 8.9 16.1 13 22 MASSACHUSETTS 394,645 327,440 67,205 20.5 6.4 28 23 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 325,840 402,472 -76,632 -19.0 62.3 1 24 CONNECTICUT 303,721 282,103 21,618 7.7 9.3 22 25 WISCONSIN 290,585 246,796 43,789 17.7 5.6 30 26 KENTUCKY 284,860 264,171 20,689 7.8 7.2 27 27 OKLAHOMA 261,945 235,712 26,233 11.1 7.8 24 28 WASHINGTON 198,396 152,569 45,827 30.0 3.5 36 29 COLORADO 171,904 135,995 35,909 26.4 4.3 32 30 ARIZONA 169,191 114,948 54,243 47.2 3.6 35 31 KANSAS 154,750 144,741 10,009 6.9 5.9 29 32 DELAWARE 144,380 113,453 30,927 27.3 19.4 10 33 MINNESOTA 140,644 96,173 44,471 46.2 3.0 38 34 NEVADA 133,396 79,862 53,534 67.0 7.6 25 35 NEBRASKA 67,173 57,862 9,311 16.1 4.0 33 36 OREGON 60,949 47,017 13,932 29.6 1.9 42 37 WEST VIRGINIA 58,095 56,398 1,697 3.0 3.2 37 38 IOWA 56,880 48,417 8,463 17.5 2.0 41 39 RHODE ISLAND 49,476 43,317 6,159 14.2 5.0 31 40 NEW MEXICO 45,124 31,651 13,473 42.6 2.6 40 41 HAWAII 34,993 27,947 7,046 25.2 2.9 39 42 ALASKA 23,771 22,833 938 4.1 3.9 34 43 UTAH 18,677 12,082 6,595 54.6 0.9 43 44 NEW HAMPSHIRE 8,504 7,358 1,146 15.6 0.7 45 45 IDAHO 7,158 3,519 3,639 103.4 0.6 48 46 MAINE 6,321 5,194 1,127 21.7 0.5 50 47 SOUTH DAKOTA 5,120 3,291 1,829 55.6 0.7 46 48 WYOMING 4,082 3,723 359 9.6 0.8 44 49 NORTH DAKOTA 4,001 3,567 434 12.2 0.6 47 50 MONTANA 3,219 2,424 795 32.8 0.4 51 51 VERMONT 3,129 1,973 1,156 58.6 0.5 49