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Coffee County, Georgia
11,972 Black residents · 27.8% of the county · ranked 39 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
In Coffee County, Georgia, the 2020 Census counted 43,092 people, 11,972 of them Black alone. At 27.8%, Coffee County's Black share stands against the state's 31.0% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 43,092 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,972 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 27.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 39 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
In 2010 Coffee County counted 11,283 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 11,972. The population grew by 6.1% across the decade, and the Black share in Coffee County moved from 26.6% to 27.8%.
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
Coffee 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 Coffee County's 11,972 of them give it rank 39 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 Coffee County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Coffee 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 Coffee County page is their frame: 43,092 residents, 11,972 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.