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Calhoun County, Alabama
25,559 Black residents · 22.0% of the county · ranked 12 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
The gazetteer enters Calhoun County, Alabama, on its published figures: a total population of 116,441 in 2020, with 25,559 Black residents counted alone — 22.0% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 116,441 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 25,559 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 22.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 12 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
The published record across two censuses for Calhoun County: 24,382 Black residents in 2010, 25,559 in 2020 — grew by 4.8% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 20.6% to 22.0%.
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, Calhoun County among them; it stands 12 by Black population, with 25,559 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 Calhoun County, Alabama, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Calhoun County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Calhoun County page holds the frame around them — 116,441 people in all, 25,559 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.