African Americans in Alabama

African Americans in Alabama
Total population
1,348,681[1] (2017)
Regions with significant populations
Bullock County, Dallas County, Greene County, Hale County, Lowndes County, Macon County, Marengo County, Montgomery County, Perry County, Sumter County, and Wilcox County.[2]
Languages
Southern American English, African American English, African American Vernacular English
Religion
Historically Black Protestant[3]
Related ethnic groups
Black Southerners, Alabama Creole people, White Americans in Alabama
National African American Archives and Museum in Mobile

African Americans in Alabama or Black Alabamians are residents of the state of Alabama who are of African American ancestry. They have a history in Alabama from the era of slavery through the Civil War, emancipation, the Reconstruction era, resurgence of white supremacy with the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow Laws, the Civil Right movement, into recent decades. According to the 2020 Census, approximately 25.8% of Alabama's population is African American.[4]

  1. ^ "Alabama". blackdemographics.com.
  2. ^ "Black Population Up in Alabama, People Reported as Both Black, White More than Doubles, Census Indicates".
  3. ^ "Religious Landscape Study".
  4. ^ ALABAMA: 2020 Census (Selection: Race by ethnicity, Black or African American alone)

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