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African American Population


Black Cities
Metro Areas With Largest African American Population (2010 census Black Only*)

3,362,616
1,707,913
1,645,993
1,438,436
1,241,780
1,230,023
1,169,185
1,025,775
980,451
961,871
778,879
601,043
522,409
516,446
471,566
421,105
416,528
397,095
375,427
471,566
364,811
344,820
331,292
329,334
318,373
292,881
285,911
273,560
263,376
261,010
257,021
255,905
255,104
254,509
Black States
States with Largest African American (Black Only*) Population
2010 census
US Census Bureau: America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2010
*Black Only only includes those who chose Black as their only race. If they chose Black along with any other race they are not included in these numbers.
According to the US Census Bureau. in 2010 there were 42 million African Americans in America of the total population of 308.7 million. The black population exceeded 500,000 in 15 states. Blacks were the largest minority group in 24 states, compared with 20 states in which Hispanics were the largest minority group.
243,414
242,264
207,734
204,379
196,755
196,695
191,967
184,019
176,107
159,330
158,426
158,213
155,174
155,081
143,128
142,992
141,468
138,782
132,833
131,929
130,597
127,397
125,815
122,611
119,320
119,023
117,726
109,850
106,284
100,934
99,317
95,463
90,805

District of Columbia
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Arizona
Washington
Nevada
Colorado
Delaware
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Oregon
West Virginia
Rhode Island
New Mexico
Utah
Alaska
Hawaii
Maine
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Idaho
North Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming
Montana
3,073,800
2,999,862
2,979,598
2,950,435
2,299,072
2,048,628
1,866,414
1,700,298
1,551,399
1,452,396
1,407,681
1,400,362
1,377,689
1,290,684
1,251,311
1,204,826
1,098,385
1,057,315
693,391
591,397
449,895
434,398
362,296
359,148
337,520


305,125
277,644
274,412
259,008
240,042
218,626
201,737
191,814
167,864
89,148
82,885
69,206
63,124
60,189
42,550
29,287
23,263
21,424
15,707
15,035
10,207
9,810
7,960
6,277
4,748
4,027

It is estimated that of the 11-12 million Africans brought to the new world as slaves, approximately 500,000-700,000 of them came to the United States. This was only about 4.4%-5.4% of all who were shipped to the Americas. The majority, about 35% were sent to Brazil. The largest ports of entry for American slaves were Baltimore, Savannah, Charleston and New Orleans.
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More than half (55%) of the African American population lives in the South. Although the Black Population has increased in all US regions since 1990, the South has had the most growth. In 1910, 89%  of all blacks still lived in the South, and 80% of these in rural areas. In the years that followed world cotton prices plummeted, large farming areas became infested with boll weevil, and severe floods consumed the Mississippi Valley. 
New York, California, and Illinois, once held claim to the largest Black populations. But due to rapid growth in the South, Florida, Texas, and Georgia, all have an African American population of about 3 million. Only New York still has more African Americans.
Marriage in Black America
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
Marrital Status     Black  female     male     (All Races)
(15yrs and older)
Now married
Widowed
Divorced
Separated
Never married
It is also believed that a large percentage of Black men marry White women. This is cited as the cause of low marriage rates among Black women. This however is only partially true. While Black men marry white women at twice the rate of Black women only 8.5% of married Black men had White spouses in 2010 up from 6.6% in 2005. 10.8 percent of African American men married outside their race in 2010 also up from 8.4% in 2005. It is Asian women who have the highest rates of intermarriage which is twice that of Black men. Black women were the least likely to marry outside their race at only 4.6% in 2010 up from 3.6%, and only 3.9/% married to White men up from 2.8 in 2005.
women marry at least once than black men. 48.8% of black men are "never married" compared to 45.2% of black women which is up from 44% in 2008 and 42,7% in 2005.
Black Regions                                    2010 Regional population of Black America
18%
32%
17%
26%
21%
7%
21%
17%
23%
15%
29%
46%
31%
18%
7%
24%
20%
34%
30%
22%
16%
7%
12%
28%
22%
36%
23%
15%
15%
17%
48%
12%
33%
13%

7%
15%
5%
10%
8%
35%
6%
28%
14%
43%
7%
5%
39%
22%
6%
35%
7%
12%
36%
11%
10%
7%
15%
12%
32%
40%
34%
13%
17%
43%
11%
25%
22%

Black pop   %Black .      Black pop %Black
16%
16%
12%
30%
6%
22%
14%
30%
20%
32%
12%
14%
11%
28%
27%
14%
37%
17%
12%
9%
16%
7%
10%
6%
8%

51%
8%
5%
4%
4%
8%
4%
22%
6%
3%
5%
2%
3%
6%
2%
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4%
2%
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1%
1%
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Black pop   %Black .      Black pop   %Black
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African American Population
Married To
Black Man
Black Woman
White Spouse
390,000
168,000
Black Spouse
4,072,000
4,072,000
Asian Spouse
39,000
9,000
Other Spouse
66,000
18,000
2010 UPDATED
World war I brought a major labor shortage to the industrial North’s urban areas. First Great Migration brought some some 1.5 million Black people north and west between 1916 and 1930  By 1960, 40% of all blacks lived outside the South, while 75% of all blacks lived in cities. The second Great Black Migration occurred between 1940 and 1970. This brought 5 million Black Southerners North and West. By 1970, 47 percent of the nation's African Americans lived outside the South, and more than 80 percent were in urban areas.
*Black Only only includes those who chose Black as their only race. If they chose Black along with any other race they are not included in these numbers.
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US Census Bureau: America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2010
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10.9%
4.1%
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28.7%
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12.4%
4.6%
45.2%
35.8%
2.7%
9.1%
3.5%
48.8%
51.3%
5.9%
9.8%
2.3%
30.7%
55%           18%  17% 10%