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. STATE STATS
   

New Jersey Ranks 16th in Percent of Population who are Black or African-American, 2005
Source: 2005 American Community Survey, US Census Bureau

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             

1

Mississippi

36.5


26

California

6.1

2

Louisiana

32.5

 

27

Massachusetts

5.9

3

Georgia

29.2

 

28

Wisconsin

5.7

4

Maryland

28.7

 

29

Kansas

5.5

5

South Carolina

28.5

 

30

Rhode Island

5.0

6

Alabama

25.8

 

31

Minnesota

4.1

7

North Carolina

21.0

 

32

Nebraska

4.0

8

Delaware

19.9

 

33

Colorado

3.6

9

Virginia

19.1

 

34

Alaska

3.4

10

Tennessee

16.4

 

35

Washington

3.3

11

Arkansas

15.3

 

36

Arizona

3.1

11

New York

15.3

 

36

West Virginia

3.1

13

Florida

15.0

 

38

Iowa

2.2

14

Illinois

14.5

 

39

Hawaii

2.0

15

Michigan

14.0

 

40

New Mexico

1.9

16

NEW JERSEY

13.3

 

41

Oregon

1.6

17

Ohio

11.5

 

42

New Hampshire

0.8

18

Missouri

11.2

 

42

North Dakota

0.8

19

Texas

11.0

 

42

South Dakota

0.8

20

Pennsylvania

10.1

 

42

Utah

0.8

21

Connecticut

9.1

 

46

Maine

0.7

22

Indiana

8.6

 

46

Wyoming

0.7

23

Kentucky

7.2

 

48

Montana

0.5

23

Nevada

7.2

 

48

Vermont

0.5

25

Oklahoma

7.1

 

50

Idaho

0.4

             
          50 State Average
9.89
          N.J. % Above Average 34.5%

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