President Woodrow Wilson facilitated the segregation of a diverse federal workforce, where Black and White professionals had been working together for years.
The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.
Key statistics and data about the demographic, geographic and economic characteristics of the U.S. Black population.
President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.