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Cleveland County, Oklahoma

15,147 Black residents · 5.1% of the county · ranked 4 of 77 in Oklahoma by Black population

In Cleveland County, Oklahoma, the 2020 Census counted 295,528 people, 15,147 of them Black alone. At 5.1%, Cleveland County's Black share stands against the state's 7.3% — the comparison this entry is built around.

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Black share of state population — Oklahoma highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 2020295,528
Black residents (alone), 202015,147
Black share of the county, 20205.1%
Rank by Black population among Oklahoma counties4 of 77

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

In 2010 Cleveland County counted 10,848 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 15,147. The population grew by 39.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Cleveland County moved from 4.2% to 5.1%.

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 289,961 is spread across 77 counties and county equivalents; Cleveland County holds 15,147 of it, rank 4 in the state's order. The county page for Cleveland County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Cleveland County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Cleveland County page is their frame: 295,528 residents, 15,147 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.