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Albemarle County, Virginia
9,953 Black residents · 8.9% of the county · ranked 28 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Albemarle County is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Albemarle County held 112,395 residents in all, of whom 9,953 — 8.9% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 112,395 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,953 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 8.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 28 of 133 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The two-census record for Albemarle County: 9,600 Black residents in 2010 and 9,953 in 2020. The population grew by 3.7%, and the Black share in Albemarle County moved from 9.7% to 8.9%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Within Virginia, the Census Bureau counts 133 counties and county equivalents, Albemarle County among them; it stands 28 by Black population, with 9,953 Black residents of the state's 1.6 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Albemarle County, Virginia, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Albemarle County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Albemarle County page holds the frame around them — 112,395 people in all, 9,953 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.