Editing African Americans (section)

===Proportion in each county===
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File:Black Americans 1790 County.png|1790
File:Black Americans 1800 County.png|1800
File:Black American 1810 County.png|1810
File:Black Americans 1820 County.png|1820
File:Black Americans 1830 County.png|1830
File:Black Americans 1840 County.png|1840
File:Black Americans 1850 County.png|1850
File:Black Americans 1860 County.png|1860
File:Black Americans 1870 County.png|1870
File:Black Americans 1880 County.png|1880
File:Black Americans 1890 County.png|1890
File:Black Americans 1900 County.png|1900
File:Black Americans 1910 County.png|1910
File:Black Americans 1920 County.png|1920
File:Black Americans 1930 County.png|1930
File:Black Americans 1940 County.png|1940
File:Black Americans 1970 County.png|1970
File:Black Americans 1980 County.png|1980
File:Black Americans 1990 County.png|1990
File:Black Americans 2000 County.png|2000
File:Black Americans 2010 County.png|2010
File:Black Americans 2020 County.png|2020
</gallery>

[[Texas]] has the largest African American population by state. Followed by Texas is [[Florida]], with 3.8 million, and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], with 3.6 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/02/10/key-facts-about-black-americans/ |title=Key facts about the nation's 47.2 million Black Americans |first1=Mark Hugo |last1=Lopez |first2=Mohamad |last2=Moslimani |date=February 10, 2023 |website=Pew Research Center |access-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727125139/https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/02/10/key-facts-about-black-americans/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Mississippi]] is the state with the highest African American share of the population at 39%. Followed by Mississippi is [[Louisiana]] at 34%, and Georgia at 32%.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}