Black Southerners

African Americans living in the Southern United States Ethnic group Black SouthernersProposed flag of the Republic of New Afrika, used as a symbol of Black SouthernersSouthern counties that were at least 40% Black or African American in the 2000 CensusTotal population 20,829,578 (2020 census) 18.58% of the total populationRegions with significant populationsSouthern United States Texas3,552,997 Georgia3,320,513 Florida3,246,381 North Carolina2,140,217 Virginia1,607,581 Louisiana1,464,023 Alabama1,296,162 South Carolina1,280,531 Tennessee1,092,948 Mississippi1,084,481 Arkansas453,783 Oklahoma289,961LanguagesSouthern American English, African American English, Gullah, Afro-Seminole Creole, Texan English, Louisiana Creole, African-American Vernacular English, New Orleans English, Louisiana FrenchReligionPredominantly Protestantism Minorities: Roman Catholicism, Islam, Hoodoo (spirituality), Louisiana Voodoo, AtheismRelated ethnic groupsWhite Southerners, African Americans, Gullah, Affrilachians and Melungeons, Black Seminoles, Redbones, Creoles of color Part of a series on ethnicAfrican Americans History Periods Timeline Atlantic slave trade Abolitionism in the United States Slavery i