Black Poverty Rate by State 2025

2023

	State	Black Poverty Rate 2023↓	Black People in Poverty 2023	Black Total 2023
	Wyoming	37.02%	1,707	4,611
	Mississippi	29.85%	312,234	1,045,980
	Louisiana	29.81%	411,368	1,379,950
	Arkansas	28.77%	123,706	429,999
	Iowa	28.72%	32,949	114,705
	Wisconsin	27.43%	94,469	344,448
	West Virginia	27.25%	13,404	49,187
	Ohio	26.93%	374,353	1,390,020
	Oregon	26.51%	20,683	78,015
	Michigan	26.14%	339,599	1,299,350
	Oklahoma	26.05%	68,593	263,269
	Maine	25.24%	5,438	21,545
	Kentucky	25.12%	84,754	337,440
	Alabama	25.1%	317,866	1,266,240
	Illinois	24.53%	411,996	1,679,660
	Indiana	24.42%	147,535	604,142
	Pennsylvania	24.22%	319,256	1,318,090
	Nebraska	24.15%	21,597	89,447
	District of Columbia	23.68%	66,819	282,170
	Minnesota	23.37%	87,664	375,076
	South Carolina	23.31%	297,213	1,274,960
	Missouri	22.98%	150,437	654,630
	New Mexico	22.37%	9,368	41,880
	Vermont	22.12%	1,608	7,269
	Tennessee	22.12%	236,900	1,071,150
	Kansas	22.09%	32,541	147,301
	South Dakota	21.18%	4,048	19,114
	New York	20.63%	583,817	2,829,410
	Nevada	20.59%	59,273	287,825
	Utah	20.49%	7,424	36,236
	North Dakota	20.38%	4,944	24,258
	North Carolina	20.33%	427,008	2,100,080
	Florida	19.48%	632,340	3,245,430
	California	19.14%	398,485	2,082,190
	Georgia	18.99%	624,920	3,290,080
	Texas	18.91%	659,994	3,490,280
	Idaho	18.05%	2,343	12,982
	Rhode Island	18%	10,855	60,304
	Arizona	17.62%	56,528	320,866
	Colorado	17.44%	38,725	222,096
	Massachusetts	17.13%	80,342	468,967
	Connecticut	17.07%	63,296	370,787
	Washington	16.7%	49,382	295,646
	Virginia	16.37%	254,125	1,552,480
	New Jersey	16.3%	189,124	1,159,990
	Alaska	15.9%	3,342	21,023
	Delaware	15.74%	33,435	212,411
	Montana	14.75%	809	5,486
	Maryland	13.04%	231,259	1,773,430
	New Hampshire	11.21%	2,169	19,352
	Hawaii	10.33%	2,612	25,297
	United States		8,404,656	39,496,554