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 OVER -50% The Black Belt, which runs through 11 Southern states, includes not only the 195 counties with over 50% Negroes, but also the 202 counties with from 35 to 50% Negroes- These 397 counties form a continuous area in which the Negroes are over 50% of the total population. Map Showing Continuous Stretch of Dense Negro Population in the South — the Black Belt