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Distribution of blood types in the United States as of 2024, by ethnicity

Characteristic	O-positive	O-negative	A-positive	A-negative	B-positive	B-negative	AB-positive	AB-negative
Caucasian	37%	8%	33%	7%	9%	2%	3%	1%
African American	47%	4%	24%	2%	18%	1%	4%	0.3%
Asian	39%	1%	27%	0.5%	25%	0.4%	7%	0.1%
Latino-American	53%	4%	29%	2%	9%	1%	2%	0.2%

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March 2025

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The most common blood type among the population in the United States is O-positive. Around 53 percent of the Latino-American population in the U.S. has blood type O-positive, while only around 37 percent of the Caucasian population has this blood type. The second most common blood type in the United States is A-positive. Around 33 percent of the Caucasian population in the United States has A-positive blood type.

Blood type O-negative

Those with blood type O-negative are universal donors as this type of blood can be used in transfusions for any blood type. O-negative blood type is most common in the U.S. among Caucasian adults. Around eight percent of the Caucasian population has type O-negative blood, while only around one percent of the Asian population has this blood type. Only around seven percent of all adults in the United States have O-negative blood type.

Blood Donations

The American Red Cross estimates that someone in the United States needs blood every two seconds. However, only around three percent of age-eligible people donate blood yearly. The percentage of adults who donated blood in the United States has not fluctuated much for the past two decades. In 2021, around 15 percent of U.S. adults donated blood, the same share reported in the year 2003.