May 08, 2009
Black Unemployment up to 15%
The U.S. Bureau of Labor reports the Black unemployment rate has jumped to 15% in April from 13.3% just one month earlier.  The rate for Black men 17.2% and 11.5% for Black women. The national unemployment rate for all Americans is 8.9%.
*All statistics used on this page are from the US Census Bureau 2005-2007 American Community Survey unless otherwise noted. Most data use the category Black or African American alone or in combination with one or more other races.
2008 Black Population: 41.1 million* 
Percent of US population: 13.5%
Metro Areas With Largest Black Population (2007 census est.)
3,483,116
1,745,989
1,687,773
1,440,106
1,367,672
1,239,618
1,141,434
1,054,842
979,717
899,650
787,811
589,870
546,260
546,192
528,101
426,301
396,107
379,599
369,408
Marital Status     Black  female    male      (All Races)
(2007,15yrs and older)
Now married 33.8%    29.1%     39.6%        53.4%
Widowed       6.4%     9.3%       2.8%          6.0%
Divorced       1.6%     13.2%      9.7%         10.2%
Separated     4.9%      5.7%       4.0%          2.2%
Never married       43.3%   42.7%     44.0%         28.1%
New York
Florida
Texas
Georgia
California
North Carolina
Illinois
Maryland
Virginia
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
New Jersey
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee

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3,520,002
3,009,773
2,971,494
2,923,725
2,718,070
2,021,579
1,999,258
1,705,996
1,599,430
1,517,854
1,462,857
1,415,413
1,388,217
1,323,662
1,289,010
1,242,344
1,098,181
1,068,139
States with Largest Black Pop (2007 census est.)
South Region
22,039,023
54%
Midwest Region
7,338,842
18.0%
Northeast Region
7,263,643
17.8%
West Region
4,102,624
10%


African American Population

It is widely accepted that black women are least likely to marry than any other women in America. But after viewing the true data, we can see that although fewer Black women are "now married", more Black women marry at least once than Black men. 44% of black men are "never married" compared to 42.7% of Black women.
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The above figure maps the Black population Density in persons per square mile. This is why the largest dark areas are in the rural south. The south is the only part of the United States where blacks have large population in rural areas. The dense Black areas in both the North and West that have any significant African American population are mostly urban. Read more about population...
Future Black Population
Estimated growth of the African American population from 2010 through 2050
(in millions)

2010   2015   2020   2025  2030   2035   2040  2045   2050
39,90942,13744,38946,59448,72850,81052,86854,91156,944
42,16344,90647,74850,62653,51956,45359,45462,53465,703
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  • According to DNA the average African American is 17-18% white.
  • 10% of African Americans are more than 50% white.
  • African Americans of the Gullah Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia are the most African and are only 3-4% white.
  • African Americans in Southern Louisiana (New Orleans) had some of the highest averages of white DNA at 23%.
  • There are 50 million whites with at least one Black ancestor (30%).
Black America is no longer confined to the inner-city neighborhoods of urban areas. Therefore metropolitan statistics are the most accurate way to count the Black urban population. The black population exceeded 500,000 in 20 states. African Americans were the largest minority group in 24 states, compared with 20 states in which Hispanics were the largest minority group.
New York, California, and Illinois, held claim to the largest Black populations. But due to rapid growth in the South, Florida, Texas, and Georgia, all currently have an African American population of about 3 million. Only New York still has more African Americans.

Georgia had the largest numerical increase in African American population growth between 2006 and 2007 (84,000), with Texas (62,000) and Florida (48,000) next.
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18.5%
18.3%
32.0%
27.1%
07.7%
21.3%
21.0%
23.6%
17.4%
14.6%
29.5%
46.0%
07.5%
32.9%
18.8%
20.3%
24.2%
23.2%
30.5%
Black pop   %Black .
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How African is Black America

Black City Population

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*2008 Census Bureau estamites, not ASC counts below

Marriage in Black America

  Median Household Size
  200520062007
  2.65 2.68 2.66
Black pop   %Black .
15.6%
15.3%
11.5%
29.9%
06.2%
21.3%
14.7%
28.9%
19.6%
14.1%
11.7%
10.4%
31.6%
13.7%
28.4%
26.2%
37.5%
16.7%
Black Population Growth   
  2006          2007        2008
40,240,89840,744,13241,126,808
African American males make up only 46% of the black population where African American women make up 54%. In contrast, the nation as a whole make up 49% and 51% respectively.

The median age of all Blacks in the USA is 30.2yrs  (other races 36.4yrs)
Median Household Income
    2005    2006   2007
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