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Camden County, Georgia
9,697 Black residents · 17.7% of the county · ranked 48 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Camden County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Camden County held 54,768 residents in all, of whom 9,697 — 17.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 54,768 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,697 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 17.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 48 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
The two-census record for Camden County: 9,799 Black residents in 2010 and 9,697 in 2020. The population declined by 1.0%, and the Black share in Camden County moved from 19.4% to 17.7%.
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
Camden County is one of 159 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Georgia. Together they hold the state's 3.3 million Black residents, and Camden County's 9,697 of them give it rank 48 of 159 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Camden County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Camden County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Camden County page holds the frame around them — 54,768 people in all, 9,697 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.