State Plates
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About 1.4 million Black Alabamians — more than one in four residents — span Birmingham, Montgomery, and the Black Belt counties.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Alabama — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Alabama in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Alabama's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Alabama in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Alabama's distribution…
This plate places Black Alabama in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Alabama's distribution figures — 1.4…
This plate places Black Alabama in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Alabama's distribution…
About 50,000 Black Alaska residents — one in fifteen — from the Black engineers who built the Alaska Highway to America's most diverse neighborhood.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Alaska — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Alaska in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Alaska's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Alaska in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Alaska's distribution…
This plate places Black Alaska in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Alaska's distribution figures — 50,000…
This plate places Black Alaska in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Alaska's distribution figures…
About 460,000 Black Arizonans — one in sixteen residents — in one of the fastest-growing Black populations of any state.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Arizona — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Arizona in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Arizona's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Arizona in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Arizona's distribution…
This plate places Black Arizona in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Arizona's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Arizona in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Arizona's distribution…
About 490,000 Black Arkansans — one in six residents — from Little Rock and Pine Bluff to the Delta counties across the river from Mississippi.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Arkansas — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Arkansas in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Arkansas's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black Arkansas in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Arkansas's distribution…
This plate places Black Arkansas in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Arkansas's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Arkansas in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Arkansas's distribution…
About 2.8 million Black Californians — roughly 7 percent of the state — face the series' clearest case of growth without share: numbers hold, proportion falls, and many leave…
This plate reads the movement record of Black California — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands…
This plate places Black California in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and California's own distribution…
This plate places Black California in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and California's…
This plate places Black California in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and California's distribution figures…
This plate places Black California in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and California's distribution…
About 285,000 Black Coloradans — one in twenty residents — concentrated along the Front Range from Denver to Colorado Springs.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Colorado — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Colorado in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Colorado's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black Colorado in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Colorado's distribution…
This plate places Black Colorado in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Colorado's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Colorado in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Colorado's distribution…
About 460,000 Black Connecticut residents — one in eight — in the state of America's sharpest rich-poor adjacency.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Connecticut — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands…
This plate places Black Connecticut in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Connecticut's own distribution…
This plate places Black Connecticut in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Connecticut's…
This plate places Black Connecticut in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Connecticut's distribution…
This plate places Black Connecticut in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Connecticut's…
About 245,000 Black Delawareans — nearly a quarter of the state — anchored by Wilmington and one of the East's oldest HBCUs.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Delaware — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Delaware in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Delaware's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black Delaware in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Delaware's distribution…
This plate places Black Delaware in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Delaware's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Delaware in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Delaware's distribution…
About 3.7 million Black Floridians — the second-largest state Black population — span Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, and a South Florida corridor with America's largest Haitian…
This plate reads the movement record of Black Florida — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Florida in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Florida's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Florida in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Florida's distribution…
This plate places Black Florida in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Florida's distribution figures — 3.7…
This plate places Black Florida in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Florida's distribution…
About 3.6 million Black Georgians — roughly one in three residents — make Georgia one of the most Black states in the union by share and by scale.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Georgia — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Georgia in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Georgia's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Georgia in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Georgia's distribution…
This plate places Black Georgia in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Georgia's distribution figures — 3.6…
This plate places Black Georgia in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Georgia's distribution…
About 55,000 Black Hawaii residents — one in twenty-six — in the most multiracial state in the nation, where most Black residents also claim another race.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Hawaii — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Hawaii in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Hawaii's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Hawaii in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Hawaii's distribution…
This plate places Black Hawaii in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Hawaii's distribution figures — 55,000…
This plate places Black Hawaii in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Hawaii's distribution figures…
About 32,000 Black Idaho residents — one in fifty-seven — between Boise's historic River Street and a refugee hub's new generation.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Idaho — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Idaho in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Idaho's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Idaho in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Idaho's distribution figures…
This plate places Black Idaho in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Idaho's distribution figures — 32,000…
This plate places Black Idaho in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Idaho's distribution figures —…
About 2 million Black Illinoisans — roughly one in six residents — from Chicago's South Side to East St.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Illinois — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Illinois in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Illinois's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black Illinois in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Illinois's distribution…
This plate places Black Illinois in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Illinois's distribution figures — 2…
This plate places Black Illinois in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Illinois's distribution…
About 750,000 Black Hoosiers — one in nine residents — between Indianapolis's near-third and Gary's heavy majority in the Calumet region.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Indiana — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Indiana in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Indiana's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Indiana in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Indiana's distribution…
This plate places Black Indiana in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Indiana's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Indiana in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Indiana's distribution…
About 200,000 Black Iowans — one in sixteen residents — in a state that once held the Midwest's most famous integrated coal town.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Iowa — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Iowa in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Iowa's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Iowa in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Iowa's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Iowa in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Iowa's distribution figures — 200,000…
This plate places Black Iowa in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Iowa's distribution figures —…
About 235,000 Black Kansans — one in twelve residents — from the Exoduster towns of 1879 to Wichita and Kansas City.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Kansas — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Kansas in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Kansas's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Kansas in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Kansas's distribution…
This plate places Black Kansas in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Kansas's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Kansas in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Kansas's distribution figures…
About 420,000 Black Kentuckians — nearly one in ten residents — centered on Louisville, in a state that stayed in the Union while holding slavery.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Kentucky — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Kentucky in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Kentucky's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black Kentucky in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Kentucky's distribution…
This plate places Black Kentucky in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Kentucky's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Kentucky in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Kentucky's distribution…
About 1.55 million Black Louisianans — nearly one in three residents — from New Orleans' Creole parishes to the northern cotton country.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Louisiana — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Louisiana in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Louisiana's own distribution…
This plate places Black Louisiana in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Louisiana's distribution…
This plate places Black Louisiana in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Louisiana's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Louisiana in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Louisiana's distribution…
About 45,000 Black Maine residents — one in thirty — built largely by refugee resettlement in two small cities.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Maine — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Maine in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Maine's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Maine in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Maine's distribution figures…
This plate places Black Maine in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Maine's distribution figures — 45,000…
This plate places Black Maine in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Maine's distribution figures —…
About 2 million Black Marylanders — nearly one in three residents, the highest share outside the Deep South — from Baltimore to Prince George's County.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Maryland — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Maryland in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Maryland's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black Maryland in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Maryland's distribution…
This plate places Black Maryland in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Maryland's distribution figures — 2…
This plate places Black Maryland in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Maryland's distribution…
About 630,000 Black Massachusetts residents — one in eleven — anchored by Boston, Springfield, and the Commonwealth's abolition-era roots.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Massachusetts — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population…
This plate places Black Massachusetts in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Massachusetts's own…
This plate places Black Massachusetts in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Massachusetts's…
This plate places Black Massachusetts in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Massachusetts's distribution…
This plate places Black Massachusetts in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Massachusetts's…
About 1.55 million Black Michiganders — nearly one in six residents — with more than half in metro Detroit and a belt of heavily Black small cities beyond.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Michigan — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Michigan in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Michigan's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black Michigan in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Michigan's distribution…
This plate places Black Michigan in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Michigan's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Michigan in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Michigan's distribution…
About 495,000 Black Minnesotans — one in twelve residents — holding both the nation's largest Somali community and some of its widest outcome gaps.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Minnesota — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Minnesota in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Minnesota's own distribution…
This plate places Black Minnesota in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Minnesota's distribution…
This plate places Black Minnesota in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Minnesota's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Minnesota in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Minnesota's distribution…
Mississippi is the Blackest state in the union by share — about 38 percent Black in combination — with majority-Black counties across the Delta.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Mississippi — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands…
This plate places Black Mississippi in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Mississippi's own distribution…
This plate places Black Mississippi in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Mississippi's…
This plate places Black Mississippi in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Mississippi's distribution…
This plate places Black Mississippi in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Mississippi's…
About 785,000 Black Missourians — nearly one in eight residents — anchored by two great river metros at the state's two ends.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Missouri — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Missouri in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Missouri's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black Missouri in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Missouri's distribution…
This plate places Black Missouri in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Missouri's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Missouri in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Missouri's distribution…
About 13,000 Black Montana residents — one in eighty — the smallest share in the nation, with a history written by Buffalo Soldiers.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Montana — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Montana in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Montana's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Montana in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Montana's distribution…
This plate places Black Montana in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Montana's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Montana in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Montana's distribution…
About 140,000 Black Nebraskans — one in fourteen residents — with nearly two-thirds in Omaha and one famous North Side.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Nebraska — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Nebraska in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Nebraska's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black Nebraska in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Nebraska's distribution…
This plate places Black Nebraska in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Nebraska's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Nebraska in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Nebraska's distribution…
About 385,000 Black Nevada residents — one in eight — the highest Black share of any Mountain West state, built by the Las Vegas economy.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Nevada — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Nevada in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Nevada's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Nevada in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Nevada's distribution…
This plate places Black Nevada in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Nevada's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Nevada in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Nevada's distribution figures…
About 35,000 Black New Hampshire residents — one in forty — between a colonial port community and a resettled mill city.
This plate reads the movement record of Black New Hampshire — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population…
This plate places Black New Hampshire in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and New Hampshire's own…
This plate places Black New Hampshire in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and New Hampshire's…
This plate places Black New Hampshire in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and New Hampshire's distribution…
This plate places Black New Hampshire in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and New Hampshire's…
About 1.45 million Black New Jerseyans — one in six residents — along the New York–Philadelphia corridor, from Newark to Camden.
This plate reads the movement record of Black New Jersey — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands…
This plate places Black New Jersey in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and New Jersey's own distribution…
This plate places Black New Jersey in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and New Jersey's…
This plate places Black New Jersey in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and New Jersey's distribution figures…
This plate places Black New Jersey in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and New Jersey's distribution…
About 75,000 Black New Mexicans — one in twenty-eight residents — between Albuquerque and a frontier history of Black towns and regiments.
This plate reads the movement record of Black New Mexico — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands…
This plate places Black New Mexico in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and New Mexico's own distribution…
This plate places Black New Mexico in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and New Mexico's…
This plate places Black New Mexico in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and New Mexico's distribution figures…
This plate places Black New Mexico in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and New Mexico's distribution…
About 3.6 million Black New Yorkers — roughly 18 percent of the state — split between the great metro, its suburbs, and a chain of upstate cities.
This plate reads the movement record of Black New York — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black New York in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and New York's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black New York in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and New York's distribution…
This plate places Black New York in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and New York's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black New York in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and New York's distribution…
About 2.5 million Black North Carolinians — just under one in four residents — anchor Charlotte, the Triad, and the Research Triangle.
This plate reads the movement record of Black North Carolina — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population…
This plate places Black North Carolina in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and North Carolina's own…
This plate places Black North Carolina in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and North Carolina's…
This plate places Black North Carolina in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and North Carolina's distribution…
This plate places Black North Carolina in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and North Carolina's…
About 42,000 Black North Dakota residents — one in nineteen — in the fastest-transforming small population in the northern plains.
This plate reads the movement record of Black North Dakota — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands…
This plate places Black North Dakota in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and North Dakota's own distribution…
This plate places Black North Dakota in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and North Dakota's…
This plate places Black North Dakota in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and North Dakota's distribution…
This plate places Black North Dakota in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and North Dakota's…
About 1.65 million Black Ohioans — one in seven residents — across Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, and the industrial cities of the lake and river.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Ohio — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at 1.65…
This plate places Black Ohio in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Ohio's own distribution figures — 1.65…
This plate places Black Ohio in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Ohio's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Ohio in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Ohio's distribution figures — 1.65…
This plate places Black Ohio in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Ohio's distribution figures —…
About 390,000 Black Oklahomans — one in ten residents — between Oklahoma City, Tulsa's historic Greenwood, and the all-Black towns.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Oklahoma — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Oklahoma in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Oklahoma's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black Oklahoma in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Oklahoma's distribution…
This plate places Black Oklahoma in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Oklahoma's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Oklahoma in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Oklahoma's distribution…
About 195,000 Black Oregon residents — one in twenty-two — in the only state admitted to the Union with a Black exclusion clause in its constitution.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Oregon — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Oregon in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Oregon's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Oregon in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Oregon's distribution…
This plate places Black Oregon in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Oregon's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Oregon in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Oregon's distribution figures…
About 1.66 million Black Pennsylvanians — one in eight residents — anchored by the nation's sixth-largest Black metro and the two oldest HBCUs.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Pennsylvania — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands…
This plate places Black Pennsylvania in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Pennsylvania's own distribution…
This plate places Black Pennsylvania in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Pennsylvania's…
This plate places Black Pennsylvania in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Pennsylvania's distribution…
This plate places Black Pennsylvania in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Pennsylvania's…
About 110,000 Black Rhode Islanders — one in ten residents — in the nation's smallest state, with Black port communities older than the republic.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Rhode Island — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands…
This plate places Black Rhode Island in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Rhode Island's own distribution…
This plate places Black Rhode Island in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Rhode Island's…
This plate places Black Rhode Island in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Rhode Island's distribution…
This plate places Black Rhode Island in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Rhode Island's…
About 1.45 million Black South Carolinians — more than one in four residents — in a state that was majority Black into the twentieth century.
This plate reads the movement record of Black South Carolina — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population…
This plate places Black South Carolina in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and South Carolina's own…
This plate places Black South Carolina in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and South Carolina's…
This plate places Black South Carolina in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and South Carolina's distribution…
This plate places Black South Carolina in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and South Carolina's…
About 32,000 Black South Dakota residents — one in twenty-eight — centered on Sioux Falls, where the 'Lost Boys' of Sudan made their American home.
This plate reads the movement record of Black South Dakota — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands…
This plate places Black South Dakota in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and South Dakota's own distribution…
This plate places Black South Dakota in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and South Dakota's…
This plate places Black South Dakota in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and South Dakota's distribution…
This plate places Black South Dakota in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and South Dakota's…
About 1.25 million Black Tennesseans — nearly one in five residents — across Memphis, Nashville's HBCU row, and the state's river cities.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Tennessee — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Tennessee in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Tennessee's own distribution…
This plate places Black Tennessee in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Tennessee's distribution…
This plate places Black Tennessee in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Tennessee's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Tennessee in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Tennessee's distribution…
Texas holds the largest Black population of any state — about four million people, roughly one in seven Texans.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Texas — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at 4…
This plate places Black Texas in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Texas's own distribution figures — 4…
This plate places Black Texas in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Texas's distribution figures…
This plate places Black Texas in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Texas's distribution figures — 4…
This plate places Black Texas in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Texas's distribution figures —…
About 70,000 Black Utahns — one in forty-seven residents — in the fastest-growing small Black population of the Mountain West.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Utah — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Utah in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Utah's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Utah in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Utah's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Utah in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Utah's distribution figures — 70,000…
This plate places Black Utah in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Utah's distribution figures —…
About 15,000 Black Vermonters — one in forty residents — in the state that produced America's first Black college graduate.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Vermont — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Vermont in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Vermont's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Vermont in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Vermont's distribution…
This plate places Black Vermont in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Vermont's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Vermont in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Vermont's distribution…
About 1.85 million Black Virginians — one in five residents — in the state where the first enslaved Africans arrived in 1619 and where Richmond was slavery's industrial capital.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Virginia — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Virginia in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Virginia's own distribution figures…
This plate places Black Virginia in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Virginia's distribution…
This plate places Black Virginia in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Virginia's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Virginia in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Virginia's distribution…
About 490,000 Black Washington residents — one in sixteen — centered on Seattle–Tacoma and the Joint Base Lewis-McChord corridor.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Washington — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands…
This plate places Black Washington in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Washington's own distribution…
This plate places Black Washington in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Washington's…
This plate places Black Washington in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Washington's distribution figures…
This plate places Black Washington in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Washington's distribution…
About 90,000 Black West Virginians — one in twenty residents — in a small, old population rooted in the coalfields and two HBCUs.
This plate reads the movement record of Black West Virginia — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population…
This plate places Black West Virginia in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and West Virginia's own…
This plate places Black West Virginia in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and West Virginia's…
This plate places Black West Virginia in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and West Virginia's distribution…
This plate places Black West Virginia in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and West Virginia's…
About 430,000 Black Wisconsinites — one in fourteen residents — with the large majority in Milwaukee, among America's most segregated metros.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Wisconsin — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Wisconsin in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Wisconsin's own distribution…
This plate places Black Wisconsin in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Wisconsin's distribution…
This plate places Black Wisconsin in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Wisconsin's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Wisconsin in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Wisconsin's distribution…
About 12,000 Black Wyoming residents — one in forty-eight — in the nation's least populous state, rooted in its forts and railroads.
This plate reads the movement record of Black Wyoming — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black population stands at…
This plate places Black Wyoming in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and Wyoming's own distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Wyoming in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and Wyoming's distribution…
This plate places Black Wyoming in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and Wyoming's distribution figures —…
This plate places Black Wyoming in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and Wyoming's distribution…
About 310,000 Black residents — roughly 41 percent of the District alone, 45 percent alone or in combination — make this the most heavily Black state-level geography in the nation…
This plate reads the movement record of Black District of Columbia — the growth, the arrivals, and the departures written into the published counts for the state, whose Black…
This plate places Black District of Columbia in the national income geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black households, and District of Columbia's…
This plate places Black District of Columbia in the national education geography: the benchmarks below are the published national attainment figures for Black adults, and District of…
This plate places Black District of Columbia in the national health geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black Americans, and District of Columbia's…
This plate places Black District of Columbia in the national business geography: the benchmarks below are the published national figures for Black-owned businesses, and District of…
This plate is that page for Florida: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of 3.7…
This plate is that page for New York: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of 3.6…
This plate is that page for North Carolina: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population…
This plate is that page for Ohio: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of 1.65…
This plate is that page for Texas: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of 4…
This plate is that page for Alabama: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of 1.4…
This plate is that page for Alaska: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Arizona: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Arkansas: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for California: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Colorado: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Connecticut: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Delaware: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Georgia: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of 3.6…
This plate is that page for Hawaii: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Idaho: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Illinois: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of 2…
This plate is that page for Indiana: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Iowa: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Kansas: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Kentucky: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Louisiana: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Maine: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Maryland: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of 2…
This plate is that page for Massachusetts: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population…
This plate is that page for Michigan: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Minnesota: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Mississippi: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Missouri: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Montana: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Nebraska: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Nevada: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for New Hampshire: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population…
This plate is that page for New Jersey: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for New Mexico: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for North Dakota: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Oklahoma: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Oregon: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Pennsylvania: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Rhode Island: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for South Carolina: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population…
This plate is that page for South Dakota: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Tennessee: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Utah: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of 70,000…
This plate is that page for Vermont: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Virginia: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Washington: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for West Virginia: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population…
This plate is that page for Wisconsin: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for Wyoming: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black population of…
This plate is that page for District of Columbia: its counties and communities in their order, the metros the atlas files separately, and the pattern they make together — a Black…