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Butler County, Alabama
8,430 Black residents · 44.2% of the county · ranked 33 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
In Butler County, Alabama, the 2020 Census counted 19,051 people, 8,430 of them Black alone. At 44.2%, Butler County's Black share stands against the state's 25.8% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 19,051 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,430 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 44.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 33 of 67 |
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 Butler County counted 9,095 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 8,430. The population declined by 7.3% across the decade, and the Black share in Butler County moved from 43.4% to 44.2%.
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 Alabama, the Census Bureau counts 67 counties and county equivalents, Butler County among them; it stands 33 by Black population, with 8,430 Black residents of the state's 1.3 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 Butler County, Alabama, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Butler County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Butler County page holds the frame around them — 19,051 people in all, 8,430 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.