The graph below ranks each state by Black population according to the 2012 census estimates.
Black US population by state - 2012 estimate
| State | Population in Millions |
| New York |  3,425,822 |
| Florida | 3,207,244 |
| Texas | 3,205,478 |
| Georgia | 3,093,682 |
| California | 2,507,992 |
| North Carolina | 2,144,640 |
| Illinois | 1,904,492 |
| Maryland | 1,765,460 |
| Virginia | 1,612,766 |
| Louisiana | 1,491,091 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,455,150 |
| Ohio | 1,444,129 |
| Michigan | 1,413,200 |
| South Carolina | 1,322,557 |
| New Jersey | 1,303,559 |
| Alabama | 1,276,645 |
| Mississippi | 1,116,932 |
| Tennessee | 1,097,335 |
| Missouri | 704,869 |
| Indiana | 614,552 |
| Massachusetts | 524,979 |
| Arkansas | 460,173 |
| Connecticut | 402,278 |
| Wisconsin | 372,096 |
| Kentucky | 354,758 |
| District of Columbia | 317,347 |
| Minnesota | 295,881 |
| Arizona | 294,802 |
| Oklahoma | 289,999 |
| Washington | 268,917 |
| Nevada | 245,138 |
| Colorado | 223,147 |
| Delaware | 201,752 |
| Kansas | 178,895 |
| Iowa | 98,401 |
| Nebraska | 89,057 |
| Oregon | 77,996 |
| Rhode Island | 76,672 |
| West Virginia | 64,984 |
| New Mexico | 50,005 |
| Utah | 37,113 |
| Hawaii | 29,192 |
| Alaska | 27,021 |
| New Hampshire | 18,503 |
| Maine | 17,271 |
| South Dakota | 14,179 |
| Idaho | 12,765 |
| North Dakota | 10,520 |
| Wyoming | 8,649 |
| Vermont | 6,885 |
| Montana | 6,033 |