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Bibb County, Georgia
85,885 Black residents · 54.6% of the county · ranked 10 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
In Bibb County, Georgia, the 2020 Census counted 157,346 people, 85,885 of them Black alone. At 54.6%, Bibb County's Black share stands against the state's 31.0% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 157,346 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 85,885 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 54.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 10 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
In 2010 Bibb County counted 81,116 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 85,885. The population grew by 5.9% across the decade, and the Black share in Bibb County moved from 52.1% to 54.6%.
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
Within Georgia, the Census Bureau counts 159 counties and county equivalents, Bibb County among them; it stands 10 by Black population, with 85,885 Black residents of the state's 3.3 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 Bibb County, Georgia, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Bibb 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 Bibb County page is their frame: 157,346 residents, 85,885 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.