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Colquitt County, Georgia
10,068 Black residents · 21.9% of the county · ranked 47 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Colquitt County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Colquitt County held 45,898 residents in all, of whom 10,068 — 21.9% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 45,898 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,068 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 21.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 47 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
The two-census record for Colquitt County: 10,210 Black residents in 2010 and 10,068 in 2020. The population declined by 1.4%, and the Black share in Colquitt County moved from 22.4% to 21.9%.
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 Georgia, the Census Bureau counts 159 counties and county equivalents, Colquitt County among them; it stands 47 by Black population, with 10,068 Black residents of the state's 3.3 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 Colquitt County, Georgia, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Colquitt County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Colquitt County page holds the frame around them — 45,898 people in all, 10,068 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.