PERCENTAGE OF BLACK ELECTED OFFICIALS - 1980
SOURCE: Black Elected Officials: 1989 p. 11-12
STATE BLACKS AS A TOTAL No.Blks %BLACK
% of Voting
Population
Alabama 22 4315 694 16.1
Alaska 3.8 1865 4 .5-
Arizona 2.4 3191 12 .5-
Arkansas 12 8331 318 3.8
California 6 19279 275 1.4
Colorado 4 8035 14 .5-
Connecticut 4 9929 63 0.06
Delaware 13.8 1227 23 1.9
Florida 13 5368 179 3.3
Georgia 31 6556 483 7.4
Hawaii 2.2 160 1 0.06
Idaho 101 4678 0 .5-
Illinois 16 38936 444 1.1
Indiana 9 11355 68 0.6
Iowa 1.2 17043 9 .5-
Kansas 5 16410 23 .5-
Kentucky 5 7481 68 0.9
Louisiana 27 4985 521 10.5
Maine .5- 7147 3 .5-
Maryland 24 2032 118 5.8
Massachus. 4 13888 38 .5-
Michigan 13 19292 306 1.6
Minnesota 1.2 19013 12 .5-
Mississippi 33 4950 646 13.1
Missouri 10 17115 163 1
Montana .5- 5646 0 .5-
Nebraska 2.7 15064 4 .5-
Nevada 4.8 1174 10 0.9
New Hamp. .5- 6883 3 .5-
New Jersey 12 9345 199 2.1
New Mexico 1.6 2096 6 .5-
New York 13 26343 252 1
N. Carolina 21 5554 449 8.1
N. Dakota .5- 15141 0 .5-
Ohio 9 19750 216 1.1
Oklahoma 6 9290 115 1.2
Oregon 1.2 8366 9 .5-
Pennsylvani 8 33242 139 .5-
Rhode Island 2.5 1120 10 0.9
S. Carolina 26 3692 373 10.1
S. Dakota .5- 9249 3 .5-
Tennessee 15 6841 146 2.1
Texas 11 26987 312 1.2
Utah .5- 2588 1 .5-
Vermont .5- 8021 2 .5-
Virginia 18 3118 144 4.6
Washington 2.4 8032 20 .5-
West Va. 3.1 2838 24 0.8
Wisconsin 5 18238 24 .5-
Wyoming .5- 2338 2 .5-
D.C. 65.9 325 242 74.5