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Buckingham County, Virginia
5,435 Black residents · 32.3% of the county · ranked 49 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
In Buckingham County, Virginia, the 2020 Census counted 16,824 people, 5,435 of them Black alone. At 32.3%, Buckingham County's Black share stands against the state's 18.6% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 16,824 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,435 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 32.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 49 of 133 |
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 Buckingham County counted 6,014 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 5,435. The population declined by 9.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Buckingham County moved from 35.1% to 32.3%.
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 1.6 million is spread across 133 counties and county equivalents; Buckingham County holds 5,435 of it, rank 49 in the state's order. The county page for Buckingham County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Buckingham County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Buckingham County page holds the frame around them — 16,824 people in all, 5,435 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.