New
Jersey Ranks 14th in the Nation in Black or African American Population,
2003
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States,
2004-2005
Rank |
State |
Percentage |
|
Rank |
State |
Percentage |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
New York |
3,425,000 |
|
26 |
Oklahoma |
276,000 |
2 |
Florida |
2,703,000 |
|
27 |
Washington |
216,000 |
3 |
Texas |
2,555,000 |
|
28 |
Minnesota |
199,000 |
4 |
Georgia |
2,497,000 |
|
29 |
Colorado |
190,000 |
5 |
California |
2,442,000 |
|
30 |
Arizona |
185,000 |
6 |
Illinois |
1,920,000 |
|
31 |
Kansas |
163,000 |
7 |
North
Carolina |
1,838,000 |
|
32 |
Delaware |
159,000 |
8 |
Maryland |
1,547,000 |
|
33 |
Nevada |
154,000 |
9 |
Louisiana |
1,481,000 |
|
34 |
Nebraska |
73,000 |
10 |
Virginia |
1,475,000 |
|
35 |
Iowa |
67,000 |
11 |
Michigan |
1,447,000 |
|
36 |
Oregon |
64,000 |
12 |
Ohio |
1,334,000 |
|
36 |
Rhode
Island |
64,000 |
13 |
Pennsylvania |
1,279,000 |
|
38 |
West
Virginia |
59,000 |
14 |
NEW
JERSEY |
1,257,000 |
|
39 |
New
Mexico |
42,000 |
15 |
South
Carolina |
1,246,000 |
|
40 |
Hawaii |
30,000 |
16 |
Alabama |
1,189,000 |
|
41 |
Alaska |
25,000 |
17 |
Mississippi |
1,064,000 |
|
42 |
Utah |
23,000 |
18 |
Tennessee |
978,000 |
|
43 |
New
Hampshire |
12,000 |
19 |
Missouri |
659,000 |
|
44 |
Idaho |
8,000 |
20 |
Indiana |
530,000 |
|
44 |
Maine |
8,000 |
21 |
Arkansas |
441,000 |
|
46 |
South
Dakota |
6,000 |
22 |
Massachusetts |
433,000 |
|
47 |
North
Dakota |
5,000 |
23 |
Connecticut |
349,000 |
|
47 |
Wyoming |
5,000 |
24
|
Wisconsin |
325,000 |
|
49 |
Montana |
4,000 |
25 |
Kentucky |
313,000 |
|
49 |
Vermont |
4,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50
State Average
|
735,360 |
|
|
|
|
|
N.J.
% Above Average |
71% |
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