U.S. Census -Release Date January 10, 2017: African American population statistics U.S. Census Bureau The black/African American population on July 1, 2015 was 46.3 million, up about 1.3 percent from July 1, 2014.  The number of people who identified as black/African American in the 2010 Census was 42 million. (This compares to the 2010 Brazilian … Continue reading U.S. Census -Release Date January 10, 2017: African American population statistics