List of U.S. states and territories by African-American population

The following is a list of U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia ranked by the proportion of African Americans of full or partial descent, including those of Hispanic origin, in the population.

Free blacks and indentured servants were not subject to the compromise, and each was counted as one full person for representation.

[7] In the United States Constitution, the Three-fifths Compromise is part of Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3.

In 1865, all enslaved blacks (African Americans) in the United States were emancipated as a result of the Thirteenth Amendment.

The table below shows the percentage of free blacks as a percentage of the total black population in various U.S. regions and U.S. states between 1790 and 1860 (the blank areas on the chart below mean that there is no data for those specific regions or states in those specific years).