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Dallas County, Alabama
26,899 Black residents · 69.9% of the county · ranked 9 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
The gazetteer enters Dallas County, Alabama, on its published figures: a total population of 38,462 in 2020, with 26,899 Black residents counted alone — 69.9% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 38,462 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 26,899 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 69.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 9 of 67 |
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 Dallas County: 30,423 Black residents in 2010, 26,899 in 2020 — declined by 11.6% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 69.4% to 69.9%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.3 million is spread across 67 counties and county equivalents; Dallas County holds 26,899 of it, rank 9 in the state's order. The county page for Dallas County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Dallas County, Alabama, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Dallas County page gives the frame they stand in: 38,462 residents in all, 26,899 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.