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Arlington County, Virginia
20,875 Black residents · 8.7% of the county · ranked 21 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Arlington County is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Arlington County held 238,643 residents in all, of whom 20,875 — 8.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 238,643 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 20,875 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 8.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 21 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 Arlington County: 17,632 Black residents in 2010 and 20,875 in 2020. The population grew by 18.4%, and the Black share in Arlington County moved from 8.5% to 8.7%.
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, Arlington County among them; it stands 21 by Black population, with 20,875 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 Arlington County, Virginia, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Arlington County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Arlington County page is their frame: 238,643 residents, 20,875 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.