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Dinwiddie County, Virginia
8,177 Black residents · 29.3% of the county · ranked 36 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
In Dinwiddie County, Virginia, the 2020 Census counted 27,947 people, 8,177 of them Black alone. At 29.3%, Dinwiddie County's Black share stands against the state's 18.6% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 27,947 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,177 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 29.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 36 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
In 2010 Dinwiddie County counted 9,204 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 8,177. The population declined by 11.2% across the decade, and the Black share in Dinwiddie County moved from 32.9% to 29.3%.
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 Virginia, the Census Bureau counts 133 counties and county equivalents, Dinwiddie County among them; it stands 36 by Black population, with 8,177 Black residents of the state's 1.6 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 Dinwiddie County, Virginia, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Dinwiddie County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Dinwiddie County page holds the frame around them — 27,947 people in all, 8,177 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.