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Caroline County, Virginia
7,721 Black residents · 25.0% of the county · ranked 38 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Caroline County is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Caroline County held 30,887 residents in all, of whom 7,721 — 25.0% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 30,887 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,721 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 25.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 38 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
The two-census record for Caroline County: 8,375 Black residents in 2010 and 7,721 in 2020. The population declined by 7.8%, and the Black share in Caroline County moved from 29.3% to 25.0%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.6 million is spread across 133 counties and county equivalents; Caroline County holds 7,721 of it, rank 38 in the state's order. The county page for Caroline County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Caroline County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Caroline County page holds the frame around them — 30,887 people in all, 7,721 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.