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Brooks County, Georgia
5,714 Black residents · 35.1% of the county · ranked 70 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
In Brooks County, Georgia, the 2020 Census counted 16,301 people, 5,714 of them Black alone. At 35.1%, Brooks 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 | 16,301 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,714 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 35.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 70 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 Brooks County counted 5,729 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 5,714. The population declined by 0.3% across the decade, and the Black share in Brooks County moved from 35.3% to 35.1%.
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; Brooks County holds 5,714 of it, rank 70 in the state's order. The county page for Brooks County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Brooks County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Brooks County page holds the frame around them — 16,301 people in all, 5,714 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.