According to the US census of 2010 the African American population in the US is about 13%. The largest so-called minority population are Hispanics which compose about 15% of the US population.
13% of the American population was African-americans.
Very Very Low percent, proabably under 10 percent, The magority of whites came here as immigrants and lost their lives and limbs in Coal Mines in the early 1900's, it was not Slave labor but as close as you can get to it.
African-Americans are US citizens whose ancestors are (usually) from the continent of Africa. Africans who live in an African country would be referred to by their country of citizenship (e.g., Namibians, Kenyans) and would not be called African-Americans. An African-American visiting Africa would simply be thought of as an "American" or "US citizen" to the local population.
The US has never had an African-American Vice President.
There has not been an African American Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. The first African American Associate Justice was the Honorable Thurgood Marshall.
Approximately 4-8% of the African American population in the US is Rh-negative.
As of 2020, Black or African American people make up approximately 13% of the population in the United States.
0.20% of the total US population lives in Vermont.
According to census.gov, the 2008 ACS population esimate of African-American people in the US is 36,969,063 which is 12.4%.
At present, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is the only African-American on the nine-justice Court, so the percentage would be 11.1%.
The state of Georgia has a population of 9.68 million people. Of these, 30.6 percent list themselves as black or African American. The white population is 60.8 percent, and the Asian population is 3.3 percent.
12% of the pop. in the USA are of African American descent.
Big cities
According to the U.S. Census 2000, approximately 12.3% of the U.S. population identified as African American.
The European American (or White) population is inclining, though it is the second slowest growing racial group in the US today (after African Americans/Blacks). However, the percentage is declining as it is being overshadowed by other racial groups.
13% of the American population was African-americans.
According to the U.S. Census 2000, approximately 12.3% of the U.S. population identified as African American.