Blackest States By Percentage
1 Mississippi 35.5
2 Georgia 30.5
3 Maryland 28.9
4 Alabama 25.3
5 South Carolina 24.2
6 Delaware 21.7
7 North Carolina 19.9
8 Virginia 18.1
9 Tennessee 15.2
10 Florida 14.4
11 Arkansas 14.3
12 New York 13.3
13 Illinois 13.1
14 Louisiana 13.1
15 Michigan 13
16 Texas 12
17 New Jersey 12
18 Ohio 11.8
United States 11.8%
19 Missouri 10.7
20 Pennsylvania 10.1
21 Connecticut 9.9
22 Indiana 8.9
23 Nevada 8.9
24 Kentucky 7.4
25 Minnesota 7.1
26 Oklahoma 6.6
27 Massachusetts 6.5
28 Wisconsin 5.8
29 California 5.2
30 Kansas 5.2
31 Rhode Island 4.9
32 Arizona 4.5
33 Nebraska 4.3
34 Washington 3.9
35 Iowa 3.9
36 Colorado 3.7
37 West Virginia 3.2
38 North Dakota 3
39 Alaska 2.8
40 South Dakota 2.3
41 Oregon 2
42 New Mexico 1.8
43 Maine 1.7
44 Hawaii 1.6
45 New Hampshire 1.4
46 Vermont 1.2
47 Utah 1
48 Idaho 0.8
49 Wyoming 0.7
50 Montana 0.4
Blackest States By Population
1 Texas 3,658,953
2 Georgia 3,358,756
3 Florida 3,247,406
4 New York 2,609,429
5 North Carolina 2,152,866
6 California 2,004,832
7 Maryland 1,783,772
8 Illinois 1,643,638
9 Virginia 1,575,781
10 Ohio 1,389,467
11 Louisiana 1,378,088
12 Pennsylvania 1,314,257
13 Michigan 1,308,859
14 South Carolina 1,300,474
15 Alabama 1,293,876
16 New Jersey 1,116,399
17 Tennessee 1,082,344
18 Mississippi 1,044,625
19 Missouri 661,577
20 Indiana 606,982
21 Massachusetts 456,488
22 Arkansas 439,018
23 Minnesota 408,103
24 Connecticut 359,295
25 Wisconsin 342,786
26 Arizona 334,932
27 Kentucky 334,155
28 Washington 304,811
29 Nevada 284,224
30 Oklahoma 268,504
31 Delaware 223,984
32 Colorado 216,689
33 Kansas 153,545
34 Iowa 126,172
35 Nebraska 85,235
36 Oregon 82,599
37 West Virginia 55,910
38 Rhode Island 53,194
39 New Mexico 36,991
40 Utah 34,936
41 Maine 24,292
42 North Dakota 23,404
43 Hawaii 22,479
44 South Dakota 21,185
45 Alaska 20,276
46 New Hampshire 19,642
47 Idaho 15,227
48 Vermont 7593
49 Montana 4755
50 Wyoming 3801
But I always assumed that Maryland is a great state overall.
