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(1/3 of the United States is black)
It's actually 12 to 14% but you can be forgiven for thinking that. There are studies now on how people misjudge the sizes of societal segments.
Good reading:
https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
"Black Americans estimate that, on average, Black people make up 52% of the U.S. adult population; non-Black Americans estimate the proportion is roughly 39%, closer to the real figure of 12%. First-generation immigrants we surveyed estimate that first-generation immigrants account for 40% of U.S. adults, while non-immigrants guess it is around 31%, closer to the actual figure of 14%."
Current estimates put the black population at around 48.3 million people as of 2023:
https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/fact-sheet/facts-about-the-us-black-population/
Out of around 335 million Americans.
48.3/335 = 14.4%.