HIV/AIDS and Black/African Americans

  • Non-Hispanic Black or African Americans were diagnosed with HIV infection at 2.55 times the rate of other populations in 2023.1
    • Non-Hispanic Black or African American males were diagnosed with HIV at 2.95 times the rate of all U.S males in 2023.
    • Non-Hispanic Black or African American females were diagnosed with HIV at 3.84 times the rate of all U.S females in 2023.
    • Despite having higher rates of HIV infection compared to the total US population, the number of annual HIV diagnoses in Black or African Americans has remained flat since 2019.
  • In 2023, the prevalence rate of AIDS in non-Hispanic Black or African American females was 4.43 times the rate of AIDS in all U.S. females.2
  • Non-Hispanic Black or African American males diagnosed with HIV infection died at a rate that was three times higher than the total U.S male population.3
  • In 2023, non-Hispanic Black or African Americans died of AIDS at a rate that was 3.23 times greater than the total population.4

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HIV infection

Diagnoses of HIV Infection among persons ages 13 and older, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
Non-Hispanic BlackTotal PopulationNon-Hispanic Black /
Total Population Ratio
Male66.522.52.95
Female19.65.13.84
Total34.9*13.72.55
*Total rate may include children <13
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023, v.35. Tables 3a and 1a.
Diagnoses of HIV infection among children ages 12 and under, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
Non-Hispanic BlackTotal PopulationNon-Hispanic Black /
Total Population Ratio
0.50.15.00
Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023, v.35. Table 2a.
Diagnoses of HIV infection, rate, 2023 
Non-Hispanic BlackTotal PopulationNon-Hispanic Black /
Total Population Ratio
34.911.63.01
Source: CDC, 2025. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023, v.35. Table 1a.
Persons 13-24 years old living with diagnosed HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
Non-Hispanic BlackTotal PopulationNon-Hispanic Black /
Total Population Ratio
203.153.33.81
Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023, v.35. Table 15a.

AIDS

Prevalence of AIDS among persons ages 13 and older, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
Non-Hispanic BlackTotal PopulationNon-Hispanic Black /
Total Population Ratio
Male843.4292.52.88
Female387.387.44.43
Both Sexes603.7188.33.21
Source: CDC. National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP) Atlas Plus. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/nchhstpatlas/tables.html
 Classifications of persons with Stage 3 (AIDS), by number of cases and percentage, 2023
Cumulative Cases*Percent of Total Cases
Total Population1,366,381100.0%
Non-Hispanic Black542,00339.7%
 *Cumulative data are from the beginning of the epidemic (1981)5 through 2023.
Source: CDC, 2025. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023. Slide Set: HIV Infection, Stage 3 (AIDS) 2023. Slide 6. nhss-surveillance-slideset-stage-3-infection-2023.pptx.pptx
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv-data/media/pdfs/nhss/nhss-surveillance-slideset-stage-3-infection-2022.pdf
Deaths of persons with diagnosed HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
Non-Hispanic BlackTotalNon-Hispanic Black /
Total Population Ratio
Male26.18.73.00
Female10.62.54.24
Total Population18.15.63.23
Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023, v.35. Tables 12a and 11a.
Deaths of persons ages 13 and older with AIDS, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
Non-Hispanic BlackTotal PopulationNon-Hispanic Black /
Total Population Ratio
Male23.77.73.08
Female9.32.24.23
Both Sexes16.14.93.29
Source: CDC. NCHHSTP Atlas Plus. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/nchhstpatlas/tables.html

HIV Testing

HIV testing status among persons ages 18 and over, age-adjusted percentage, 2018
Non-Hispanic BlackTotal PopulationNon-Hispanic Black /
Total Population Ratio
Ever tested62.843.71.44
Never tested37.256.30.66
Source: CDC, 2021. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2018. Table A-20a.

1 CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023, v.35. Tables 3a and 1a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509 (Back to top)

2 CDC. National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP) Atlas Plus. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/nchhstpatlas/tables.html (Back to top)

3 CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023, v.35. Tables 12a and 11a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509 (Back to top)

4 CDC. National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP) Atlas Plus. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/nchhstpatlas/tables.html (Back to top)

5 HIV.gov. A Timeline of HIV and AIDS. A Timeline of HIV and AIDS | HIV.gov. Accessed September 10, 2025 (Back to top)


Date Last Reviewed: September 2025