Did You Know?

  • 42,842,000 = The Black (only) population in the United States in 2019, about 13% of the total US population.
  • 48.2 million = The number of black people in the US, black only or in combination, in 2019.
  • 2.1 million = The number of Black military veterans in the United States nationwide in 2019.
  • 87.9% = The percentage of African Americans age 25 and older with a high school diploma or higher in 2019.
  • 188,000 = The number of black people with professional degrees (J.D., M.D., etc) which is about 5.9% of the total number of professional degrees.
  • 297,000 = The number of black people with doctoral degrees (Ph.D., etc.) which is about 6.5% of the total number of doctoral degrees.
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