Percent and Number of Democrats in State Senates by Percent Black Population in States Greater Than Ten Percent Black |
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| PERCENT | 0-10% |
10-20% |
20-30% |
30-40% |
40-50% |
50% + |
| Alabama | 33.3 |
66.7 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
- |
100.0 |
| Arkansas | 57.9 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
- |
100.0 |
| Florida | 9.1 |
45.5 |
- |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Georgia | 0.0 |
0.0 |
20.0 |
62.5 |
66.7 |
100.0 |
| Louisiana | 0.0 |
22.2 |
66.7 |
80.0 |
- |
100.0 |
| Mississippi | 50.0 |
16.7 |
40.0 |
60.0 |
66.7 |
100.0 |
| North Carolina | 16.7 |
40.0 |
80.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| South Carolina | 0.0 |
9.1 |
16.7 |
80.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Tennessee | 29.4 |
37.5 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Texas | 46.7 |
15.4 |
100.0 |
- |
100.0 |
- |
| Virginia | 27.3 |
40.0 |
25.0 |
0.0 |
- |
100.0 |
| South | 27.1 |
32.2 |
50.0 |
78.3 |
84.6 |
100.0 |
| Delaware | 50.0 |
55.6 |
75.0 |
50.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Illinois | 36.8 |
66.7 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
- |
100.0 |
| Maryland | 30.8 |
69.2 |
80.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Michigan | 26.1 |
37.5 |
100.0 |
- |
- |
100.0 |
| Missouri | 14.8 |
100.0 |
- |
- |
100.0- |
100.0 |
| New Jersey | 33.3 |
66.7 |
71.4 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| New York | 16.7 |
66.7 |
66.7 |
100.0 |
- |
87.5 |
| Ohio | 13.0 |
50.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Non-South | 24.9 |
61.9 |
79.2 |
93.8 |
100.0 |
97.4 |
| NUMBER | 0-10% |
10-20% |
20-30% |
30-40% |
40-50% |
50% + |
| Alabama | 4 (12) |
4 (6) |
4 (4) |
5 (5) |
0 (0) |
8 (8) |
| Arkansas | 11 (19) |
6 (6) |
2 (2) |
4 (4) |
0 (0) |
4 (4) |
| Florida | 2 (22) |
5 (11) |
0 (0) |
3 (3) |
1 (1) |
3 (3) |
| Georgia | 0 (13) |
0 (9) |
2 (10) |
5 (8) |
2 (3) |
13 (13) |
| Louisiana | 0 (3) |
2 (9) |
8 (12) |
4 (5) |
0 (0) |
10 (10) |
| Mississippi | 2 (4) |
2 (12) |
2 (5) |
6 (10) |
6 (9) |
12 (12) |
| North Carolina | 2 (12) |
6 (15) |
8 (10) |
4 (4) |
6 (6) |
3 (3) |
| South Carolina | 0 (5) |
1 (11) |
2 (12) |
4 (5) |
3 (3) |
10 (10) |
| Tennessee | 5 (17) |
3 (8) |
2 (2) |
4 (1) |
2 (2) |
3 (3) |
| Texas | 7 (15) |
2 (13) |
1 (1) |
0 (0) |
2 (2) |
0 (0) |
| Virginia | 3 (11) |
6 (15) |
2 (8) |
0 (1) |
0 (0) |
5 (5) |
| South | 36 (133) |
37 (115) |
33 (66) |
36 (46) |
22 (26) |
71 (71) |
| Delaware | 2 (4) |
5 (9) |
3 (4) |
1 (2) |
1 (1) |
1 (1) |
| Illinois | 14 (38) |
6 (9) |
2 (2) |
2 (2) |
0 (0) |
8 (8) |
| Maryland | 4 (13) |
9 (13) |
4 (5) |
3 (3) |
3 (3) |
10 (10) |
| Michigan | 6 (23) |
3 (8) |
2 (2) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
5 (5) |
| Missouri | 4 (27) |
2 (2) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (1) |
4 (4) |
| New Jersey | 7 (21) |
4 (6) |
5 (7) |
4 (4) |
1 (1) |
1 (1) |
| New York | 6 (36) |
8 (12) |
2 (3) |
3 (3) |
0 (0) |
7 (8) |
| Ohio | 3 (23) |
2 (4) |
1 (1) |
2 (2) |
1 (1) |
2 (2) |
| Non-South | 46 (185) |
39 (63) |
19 (24) |
15 (16) |
7 (7) |
38 (39) |
| Source: Data compiled by David Lublin. | ||||||
| Note: The numbers in parentheses are the total number of seats. Data is from following the last regular general election held each seat prior to 2006. Legislators classified as Latino by NALEO were not counted as African American with the exception of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., the only one who did not have a Latino surname. | ||||||
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