US Census:Black population now surpasses 40 million
Posted by Digital Dragon | May 11, 2008 03:47 PM
According to the latest estimates just issued by the U.S. Census Bureau, the nation's black population increased by 539,686 persons between July 2006 and July 2007. That brings the total black population in the U.S. to 40,744,132 or 12.8 percent of the total population.