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Columbia County, Georgia

28,315 Black residents · 18.1% of the county · ranked 20 of 159 in Georgia by Black population

The gazetteer enters Columbia County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 156,010 in 2020, with 28,315 Black residents counted alone — 18.1% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.

Black share of state population — Georgia 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

Measure	Figure
Total population, 2020	156,010
Black residents (alone), 2020	28,315
Black share of the county, 2020	18.1%
Rank by Black population among Georgia counties	20 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 published record across two censuses for Columbia County: 18,439 Black residents in 2010, 28,315 in 2020 — grew by 53.6% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 14.9% to 18.1%.

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 3.3 million is spread across 159 counties and county equivalents; Columbia County holds 28,315 of it, rank 20 in the state's order. The county page for Columbia County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

Black Columbia County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Columbia County page holds the frame around them — 156,010 people in all, 28,315 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.