Answer :

Ohio, Texas, California, North Carolina, Georgia, and New York.  Even the black rate is the same rate as of today.

In 1990, the following six States in had an African-American population of more than 1.5 million:


New York

Ohio

Texas

California

North Carolina

Georgia



Today, the numbers are significantly higher. As of latest census North Carolina has more than 2 million African-Americans, while has 2.9 million.


However, states such as Texas and California now have a far higher percentage of Hispanics than African Americans.



Apart from this, in terms of the percentage of the total population, the district of Columbia has the highest percentage of African-Americans anywhere in the country. In fact, Washington DC's population is 50.7% African-American.


This is followed by Mississippi where 37% of the population is African-American.