Black or African American population

(number)

Texas is the top region by black population in the United States of America. As of 2019, black population in Texas was 3.74 million that accounts for 8.55% of the United States of America's black population. The top 5 regions (others are Florida, Georgia, New York, and California) account for 38.41% of it. The United States of America's total black population was estimated at 43.8 million in 2019.

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What is black population?

According to U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), “Black or African American” refers to a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. The Black racial category includes people who marked the “Black, African Am., or Negro” checkbox. It also includes respondents who reported entries such as African American; Sub-Saharan African entries, such as Kenyan and Nigerian; and Afro-Caribbean entries, such as Haitian and Jamaica.