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Bartow County, Georgia
11,512 Black residents · 10.6% of the county · ranked 40 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Bartow County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Bartow County held 108,901 residents in all, of whom 11,512 — 10.6% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 108,901 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,512 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 10.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 40 of 159 |
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 Bartow County: 10,178 Black residents in 2010 and 11,512 in 2020. The population grew by 13.1%, and the Black share in Bartow County moved from 10.2% to 10.6%.
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
The state's Black population of 3.3 million is spread across 159 counties and county equivalents; Bartow County holds 11,512 of it, rank 40 in the state's order. The county page for Bartow County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Bartow 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 Bartow County page is their frame: 108,901 residents, 11,512 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.