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

State House
State Senate
U.S. House

Percent Black Population

Number Black
Number of Seats
Number Black
Number of Seats
Number Black
Number of Seats
Alabama
25.9
26
105
8
35
1
7
Arkansas
15.6
12
100
3
35
0
4
Florida
14.2
17
120
7
40
3
25
Georgia
28.5
38
180
11
56
4
13
Louisiana
32.3
22
105
9
39
1
7
Mississippi
36.2
36
122
11
52
1
4
North Carolina
21.4
19
120
7
50
2
13
South Carolina
29.4
25
124
8
46
1
6
Tennessee
16.3
16
99
3
33
1
9
Texas
11.3
14
150
2
31
3
32
Virginia
19.4
11
100
5
40
1
11
South
236
1325
74
457
18
131
 
Delaware
18.9
3
41
1
21
0
1
Illinois
14.9
19
118
9
59
3
19
Maryland
27.7
32
141
10
47
2
8
Michigan
14.1
16
110
5
38
2
15
Missouri
11.2
17
163
3
34
1
9
New Jersey
13.0
10
80
5
40
1
13
New York
14.8
21
150
9
62
4
29
Ohio
11.4
14
99
4
33
1
18
Non-South
132
902
46
334
14
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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