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Baldwin County, Alabama
18,217 Black residents · 7.9% of the county · ranked 13 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
The gazetteer enters Baldwin County, Alabama, on its published figures: a total population of 231,767 in 2020, with 18,217 Black residents counted alone — 7.9% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 231,767 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 18,217 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 7.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 13 of 67 |
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 published record across two censuses for Baldwin County: 17,105 Black residents in 2010, 18,217 in 2020 — grew by 6.5% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 9.4% to 7.9%.
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 Alabama, the Census Bureau counts 67 counties and county equivalents, Baldwin County among them; it stands 13 by Black population, with 18,217 Black residents of the state's 1.3 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 Baldwin County, Alabama, exactly as published.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Baldwin County, Alabama, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Baldwin County page gives the frame they stand in: 231,767 residents in all, 18,217 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.