The Black Population: 2000: Census 2000 Brief: C2KBR/01-5 August 2001

Analysis of 2000 Census: “36.4 million, 12.9% Black or African American. This number includes 34.7 million people, or 12.3%, who reported only Black in addition to 1.8 million people, or 0.6%, who reported Black as well as one or more other races.”