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The Black population in the United States was 31 million in March 1991, 12 percent of America’s total. This Brief uses data collected by the Current Population Survey (CPS) to provide a demographic and economic portrait of the Black population in March 1991. It also explores changes over the past several decades. Data for years prior to 1991 were collected in both the CPS and the census.
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