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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

In hindsight it was lazy of me not to link my source.

Here's the article with a few highlights, the entire table is linked within as a pdf
Census 2010 News | 2010 Census Shows Black Population has Highest Concentration in the South

Idaho is less than half the rate of Maine btw, just 0.6%

Ya, I can see 20 black people showing up to a polling place together to vote in Idaho and people wondering, "who the heck are these people?", but I've also been to the Lutheran church that works with the refugee program and have seen how the refugees can pack that place for various community activities. They really seem to lay low otherwise, you don't see them around town. (the goal of the programs is cultural immersion, but that's pretty tough when you're an adult Somali who ends up in Boise, Idaho one day.)

I have no idea if that's what's going on in Maine, but that's what came to mind when I heard what that guy said.