Over the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in the share of Black Americans who identify as multiracial or Hispanic, according to recent data from Pew Research Center.
In 2000, there were roughly 36.2 million Black Americans living in the United States, 93.1 percent of whom identified as single-race Black, 4.1 percent identified as multiracial (non-Hispanic), and 2.8 identified as Black Hispanic.
By 2010, the Black American population grew to 42.1 million people. During this year, about 90 percent of the population identified as single-race Black, 5.9 percent identified as multi-racial (non-Hispanic), and 4 percent identified as Black Hispanic.
Pew Research Center’s latest information on the Black population found there are about 48.3 million Black Americans living in the United States as of 2023. Notably, the share of Black Americans who identify as single-race Black has significantly dropped to about 82 percent of the overall Black population. In comparison, the share of Black Americans who are multi-racial (non-Hispanic) or Black Hispanic has grown to 11.1 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, of the total Black American population.
