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Charlottesville city, Virginia
7,122 Black residents · 15.3% of the county · ranked 39 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Charlottesville city is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Charlottesville city held 46,553 residents in all, of whom 7,122 — 15.3% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 46,553 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,122 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 15.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 39 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 Charlottesville city: 8,437 Black residents in 2010 and 7,122 in 2020. The population declined by 15.6%, and the Black share in Charlottesville city moved from 19.4% to 15.3%.
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
Within Virginia, the Census Bureau counts 133 counties and county equivalents, Charlottesville city among them; it stands 39 by Black population, with 7,122 Black residents of the state's 1.6 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 Charlottesville city, Virginia, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Charlottesville city's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Charlottesville city page holds the frame around them — 46,553 people in all, 7,122 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.