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Here are the 10 states with the highest black poverty rates:
State | Black Population | Black Poverty Rate |
---|---|---|
Maine | 17,014 | 31.13% |
Mississippi | 1,077,668 | 30.87% |
Iowa | 109,074 | 30.78% |
Louisiana | 1,439,681 | 30.54% |
Wisconsin | 348,083 | 30.42% |
West Virginia | 56,554 | 29.03% |
Arkansas | 435,859 | 28.61% |
Ohio | 1,380,607 | 28.42% |
Michigan | 1,310,122 | 27.47% |
Oregon | 75,536 | 27.38% |
North Dakota | 22,946 | 26.98% |
Indiana | 603,768 | 26.92% |
Kentucky | 341,810 | 26.58% |
Minnesota | 346,607 | 26.43% |
Oklahoma | 270,319 | 26.25% |
Alabama | 1,255,231 | 25.59% |
Illinois | 1,718,507 | 25.16% |
Pennsylvania | 1,338,472 | 24.87% |
Tennessee | 1,086,744 | 24.34% |
Idaho | 10,699 | 24.3% |
Vermont | 7,130 | 24.25% |
District of Columbia | 307,255 | 24.24% |
South Carolina | 1,298,877 | 23.97% |
Kansas | 154,936 | 23.91% |
Nebraska | 87,431 | 23.71% |
Missouri | 665,403 | 23.62% |
Utah | 36,453 | 22.84% |
Nevada | 274,199 | 21.97% |
North Carolina | 2,132,832 | 21.42% |
Florida | 3,261,008 | 20.65% |
Wyoming | 4,653 | 20.59% |
Rhode Island | 65,392 | 20.47% |
New York | 2,888,711 | 20.38% |
New Mexico | 40,358 | 20.35% |
Georgia | 3,203,076 | 20.12% |
Arizona | 309,482 | 19.73% |
California | 2,149,401 | 19.6% |
Texas | 3,325,354 | 18.7% |
South Dakota | 17,687 | 18.66% |
New Hampshire | 18,880 | 18.54% |
Delaware | 203,154 | 17.63% |
Massachusetts | 491,182 | 17.58% |
Washington | 279,672 | 17.54% |
Connecticut | 365,535 | 17.52% |
Virginia | 1,546,295 | 16.82% |
Colorado | 224,108 | 16.79% |
New Jersey | 1,143,711 | 16.4% |
Maryland | 1,745,206 | 12.95% |
Montana | 5,531 | 11.73% |
Alaska | 22,437 | 11.12% |
Hawaii | 24,187 | 8.38% |
United States | 39,544,837 |