Table 1.

Race by state: 1950, 1970 and 1990

State	1990			1970			1950
	Total population	% White	% Black	Total population	% White	% Black	Total population	% White	% Black
Arkansas	2 ,350,725	82.7	15.9	1,923,295	81.4	18.3	1,909,511	77.6	22.3
Alabama	4,040,587	73.6	25.3	3,444,165	73.6	26.2	3,061,743	67.9	32.0
Georgia	6,478,216	71.0	27.0	4,589,575	73.9	25.9	3,444,578	69.1	30.9
Kentucky	3,685,296	92.0	7.1	3,218,706	92.6	7.2	2,944,806	93.1	6.9
Louisiana	4,219,973	67.3	30.8	3,641,306	69.8	29.8	2,683,516	67.0	32.9
Mississippi	2,573,216	63.5	35.6	2,216,912	62.8	36.8	2,178,914	54.6	45.3
Massachusetts	6,016,425	89.8	5.0	5,689,170	96.3	3.1	4,690,514	98.3	1.6
South Carolina	3,486,703	69.0	29.8	2,590,516	69.3	30.5	2,117,027	61.1	38.8
Tennessee	4,877,185	83.0	16.0	3,923,687	83.9	15.8	3,291,718	83.9	16.1
Texas	16,986,510	75.2	11.9	11,196,730	86.8	12.5	7,711,194	87.2	12.7
Virginia	6,187,358	77.4	18.8	4,648,494	80.9	18.5	3,318,680	77.8	22.1
Connecticut	3,287,116	87.0	8.3	3,031,709	93.5	6.0	2,007,280	97.3	2.7
Delaware	666,168	80.3	16.9	548,104	85.1	14.3	318,085	86.1	13.7
DC	606,900	29.6	65.8	756,510	27.7	71.1	802,178	64.6	35.0
Illinois	11,430,602	78.3	14.8	11,113,976	86.4	12.8	8,712,176	92.4	7.4
Maryland	4,781,468	71.0	24.9	3,922,399	81.5	17.8	2,343,001	83.4	16.5
Michigan	9,295,297	83.4	13.9	8,875,083	88.3	11.2	6,371,766	92.9	6.9
Missouri	5,117,073	87.7	10.7	4,676,501	89.3	10.3	3,954,653	92.4	7.5
New Jersey	7,730,188	79.3	13.4	7,168,164	88.6	10.7	4,835,329	93.3	6.6
New York	17,990,455	74.4	15.9	18,236,967	86.8	11.9	14,830,192	93.5	6.2
North Carolina	6,628,637	75.6	22.0	5,082,059	76.8	22.2	4,061,929	73.4	25.8
Ohio	10,847,115	87.8	10.6	10,652,017	90.6	9.1	7,946,627	93.5	6.5
Pennsylvania	11,881,643	88.5	9.2	11,793,909	91.0	8.6	10,498,012	93.9	6.1
West Virginia	1,793,477	96.2	3.1	1,744,237	95.9	3.9	2,005,552	94.3	5.7