According to the latest figures there are 600,000 black bears in North America. The U.S. population is around 300,000,half of those. The Florida black bear and the Louisiana black bear are on the threatened list, but the species is doing well elsewhere. Source:Defenders of Wildlife.
Arizona Game and Fish claims the population of black bears is 2500. But I believe this number is way low.
The overall population of black bears in the United States has been estimated to range between 339,000 and 465,000.
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Normally black, but the subspecies called Kermode bear has several white individuals in the population. The US west has brown black bears called "cinnamon" bears.
The black bear is not extinct, or even close. They have a population of 900,000.
The American black bear is in no danger, with a population of 900,000.
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In 2010, Arkansas has an estimated black bear population of about 4,000.
No, the polar and kodiak bears are.
Primarily human encroachment by development and urban sprawl. Their population is about 750,000 total (US-286,600 to 328,000 Canada-342,500 to 395,500). Nationally, bears are not endangered and have a strong, viable population. The North American Black Bear is the most numerous and widespread species of bear in North America, due to its intelligence and adaptively.
In China and Korea, many people have hunted black bears for meat for centuries. This declined the black bear population over time.
The black bear population is over 900,000 by 2008 estimates.
Last census reported nearly 900,000 black bears in North America.
They evolved the dark coat to conceal them in their nocturnal wanderings. Some black bears are not black. In some western areas, brown or "cinnamon" colored black bears are found, and British Columbia has the Kermode bear, a black bear whose population has around 10% of it's population being white or cream colored. The Glacier bear, of southern Alaska, has a blue gray color to its coat.