Percent African-American Legislators in States Greater Than Ten Percent Black

State House
State Senate
U.S. House

Percent Black Population

Percent Black
Number of Seats
Percent Black
Number of Seats
Percent Black
Number of Seats
Alabama
25.9
24.8
105
22.9
35
14.3
7
Arkansas
15.6
12.0
100
8.6
35
0.0
4
Florida
14.2
14.2
120
17.5
40
12.0
25
Georgia
28.5
21.1
180
19.6
56
30.8
13
Louisiana
32.3
21.0
105
23.1
39
14.3
7
Mississippi
36.2
29.5
122
21.2
52
25.0
4
North Carolina
21.4
15.8
120
14.0
50
15.4
13
South Carolina
29.4
20.2
124
17.4
46
16.7
6
Tennessee
16.3
16.2
99
9.1
33
11.1
9
Texas
11.3
9.3
150
6.5
31
9.4
32
Virginia
19.4
11.0
100
12.5
40
9.1
11
South
17.8
1325
16.2
457
13.7
131
 
Delaware
18.9
7.3
41
4.8
21
0.0
1
Illinois
14.9
16.1
118
15.3
59
15.8
19
Maryland
27.7
22.7
141
21.3
47
25.0
8
Michigan
14.1
14.5
110
13.2
38
13.3
15
Missouri
11.2
10.4
163
8.8
34
11.1
9
New Jersey
13.0
12.5
80
12.5
40
7.7
13
New York
14.8
14.0
150
14.5
62
13.8
29
Ohio
11.4
14.1
99
12.1
33
5.6
18
Non-South
14.6
902
13.8
334
12.5
112
 
Source: Data compiled by David Lublin.
Note: Data is from following the last regular general election held for each seat prior to 2006. Legislators classified as Latino by NALEO were not counted as African American with the exception of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., the only one who did not have a Latino surname.

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