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Danville city, Virginia
21,879 Black residents · 51.4% of the county · ranked 19 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
The gazetteer enters Danville city, Virginia, on its published figures: a total population of 42,590 in 2020, with 21,879 Black residents counted alone — 51.4% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 42,590 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 21,879 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 51.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 19 of 133 |
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 Danville city: 20,795 Black residents in 2010, 21,879 in 2020 — grew by 5.2% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 48.3% to 51.4%.
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 1.6 million is spread across 133 counties and county equivalents; Danville city holds 21,879 of it, rank 19 in the state's order. The county page for Danville city carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Danville city, Virginia, 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 Danville city page gives the frame they stand in: 42,590 residents in all, 21,879 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.