Each year, U.S. presidents proclaim February as National African-American History Month. The following are statistics provided by the U.S. Census Bureau about blacks in America.

41.1 million: As of July 1, 2008, the estimated black population in the U.S., including those who are multiracial, comprising 13.5 percent of the total population and an increase of more than a half-million residents from the previous year.

65.7 million: The projected black population on July 1, 2050, comprising 15 percent of the total population.

18: Number of states with an estimated black population on July 1, 2008 of at least 1 million, topped by New York, with 3.5 million.

38%: Percentage of Mississippi's population that was black in 2008, highest of any state. They comprise 56 percent of the population in the District of Columbia.

67,000: Increase in Georgia's black population from July 1, 2007 to July 1, 2008, leading all states.

24: Number of states or equivalents in which blacks were the largest minority group in 2008.

30%: Percentage of black population younger than 18 as of July 1, 2008. Only 8 percent of the are over 65.

2.3 million: Single-race black military veterans in the United States in 2008. More military veterans are black than any other minority group.

83%: Percentage over 25 with at least a high school diploma in 2008.

20%: Percentage over 25 with at least a bachelor's degree in 2008.

1.4 million: Blacks over 25 with advanced degrees in 2008 compared to 857,000 in 1998.

2.5 million: Black college students in fall 2008, roughly double from 1993.

About 2.1 million: Increase in black voters between the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections, to 16.1 million. The total number of voters rose by 5.4 million to 131.1 million.

65%: Turnout rate among blacks in the 2008 presidential election, up about 5 percentage points from 2004. Non-Hispanic whites and blacks had the highest turnout levels.

$34,218: Annual median income of single-race black households in 2008, a 2.8 percent (in 2008 constant dollars) decline from 2007.

24.7%: Poverty rate in 2008 for single-race blacks, statistically unchanged from 2007.

19.1%: Percentage of single-race blacks lacking health insurance in 2008, statistically unchanged from 2007.

63%: Single-race black households with families, amounting to 8.5 million.

44%: Single-race black households comprised of married couples.

46%: Percentage of homeowner households.

27%: Percentage of single-race blacks above 16 who worked in management, professional and related occupations.

$88.6 billion: Revenues for black-owned businesses in 2002. The number of black-owned businesses totaled nearly 1.2 million in 2002. Black-owned firms accounted for 5 percent of all non-farm businesses in the U.S.

129,329: Number of black-owned firms in New York in 2002, leading all states. New York City had 98,080 such firms, leading all cities.

10,716: Number of black-owned firms operating in 2002 with receipts of $1 million or more, comprising 1 percent of total black-owned firms in 2002 and 55 percent of total receipts, or $49 billion.

969: Number of black-owned firms with over 100 employees in 2002, comprising 24 percent of total revenue for black-owned employer firms in 2002, or $16 billion.