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Cherokee County, Texas
6,426 Black residents · 12.7% of the county · ranked 47 of 254 in Texas by Black population
Cherokee County is a Texas county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Cherokee County held 50,412 residents in all, of whom 6,426 — 12.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 50,412 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 6,426 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 12.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 47 of 254 |
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 Cherokee County: 7,498 Black residents in 2010 and 6,426 in 2020. The population declined by 14.3%, and the Black share in Cherokee County moved from 14.7% to 12.7%.
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
The state's Black population of 3.6 million is spread across 254 counties and county equivalents; Cherokee County holds 6,426 of it, rank 47 in the state's order. The county page for Cherokee County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Cherokee County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Cherokee County page holds the frame around them — 50,412 people in all, 6,426 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.