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Decatur County, Georgia
12,241 Black residents · 41.7% of the county · ranked 36 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
The gazetteer enters Decatur County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 29,367 in 2020, with 12,241 Black residents counted alone — 41.7% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 29,367 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,241 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 41.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 36 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 Decatur County: 11,438 Black residents in 2010, 12,241 in 2020 — grew by 7.0% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 41.1% to 41.7%.
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; Decatur County holds 12,241 of it, rank 36 in the state's order. The county page for Decatur County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Decatur County, Georgia, 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 Decatur County page gives the frame they stand in: 29,367 residents in all, 12,241 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.