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Boone County, Kentucky
5,728 Black residents · 4.2% of the county · ranked 8 of 120 in Kentucky by Black population
Boone County is a Kentucky county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Boone County held 135,968 residents in all, of whom 5,728 — 4.2% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 135,968 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,728 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 4.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Kentucky counties | 8 of 120 |
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 Boone County: 2,992 Black residents in 2010 and 5,728 in 2020. The population grew by 91.4%, and the Black share in Boone County moved from 2.5% to 4.2%.
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 Kentucky, the Census Bureau counts 120 counties and county equivalents, Boone County among them; it stands 8 by Black population, with 5,728 Black residents of the state's 362,417. 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 Boone County, Kentucky, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Boone County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Boone County page holds the frame around them — 135,968 people in all, 5,728 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.