Black Poverty Rate by State 2026

2024

	State	Black Poverty Rate 2024↓	Black People in Poverty 2024	Black Total 2024
	Wyoming	34.41%	1,648	4,790
	Louisiana	30.12%	410,462	1,362,580
	Iowa	29.57%	34,298	115,979
	Mississippi	29.25%	301,534	1,030,890
	Arkansas	28.48%	121,632	427,032
	Wisconsin	27.31%	93,459	342,189
	Nebraska	26.63%	23,975	90,044
	Ohio	26.61%	368,204	1,383,920
	Michigan	26.52%	342,402	1,291,350
	West Virginia	26.39%	12,368	46,858
	Maine	26.13%	6,155	23,555
	District of Columbia	25.93%	71,987	277,639
	Oklahoma	25.19%	65,686	260,799
	Alabama	24.99%	314,525	1,258,780
	Kentucky	24.8%	81,458	328,505
	North Dakota	24.66%	6,387	25,898
	Oregon	24.48%	19,275	78,730
	Illinois	24.4%	402,630	1,650,370
	Indiana	23.94%	144,845	605,028
	Pennsylvania	23.67%	310,196	1,310,730
	Missouri	23.65%	153,491	649,049
	South Carolina	23.06%	293,191	1,271,590
	New Mexico	22.8%	9,550	41,883
	Tennessee	22.35%	237,475	1,062,390
	Kansas	22.04%	31,952	145,005
	Minnesota	21.74%	84,601	389,231
	Utah	21.58%	8,162	37,821
	New York	21.14%	581,589	2,751,270
	South Dakota	20.85%	4,067	19,508
	Nevada	20.62%	59,835	290,132
	North Carolina	19.9%	418,185	2,101,740
	California	19.17%	392,286	2,046,300
	Idaho	19.17%	2,651	13,831
	Florida	19.14%	625,261	3,266,300
	Georgia	19.03%	628,152	3,300,020
	Texas	18.9%	671,834	3,554,040
	Vermont	17.55%	1,163	6,627
	Arizona	17.42%	56,345	323,377
	Colorado	17.3%	39,206	226,624
	Massachusetts	16.8%	77,430	460,897
	Connecticut	16.73%	61,670	368,657
	Washington	16.32%	49,109	300,831
	Virginia	16.1%	248,806	1,545,330
	Rhode Island	15.92%	9,166	57,566
	New Jersey	15.55%	179,380	1,153,660
	Delaware	14.93%	32,153	215,372
	Alaska	14.9%	3,029	20,335
	Montana	14.57%	676	4,639
	Maryland	13.21%	233,846	1,770,080
	New Hampshire	11.23%	2,059	18,338
	Hawaii	10.33%	2,560	24,779
	United States		8,332,006	39,352,888