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Dodge County, Georgia
5,870 Black residents · 29.5% of the county · ranked 68 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
The gazetteer enters Dodge County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 19,925 in 2020, with 5,870 Black residents counted alone — 29.5% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 19,925 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,870 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 29.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 68 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 Dodge County: 6,504 Black residents in 2010, 5,870 in 2020 — declined by 9.7% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 29.8% to 29.5%.
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 Georgia, the Census Bureau counts 159 counties and county equivalents, Dodge County among them; it stands 68 by Black population, with 5,870 Black residents of the state's 3.3 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 Dodge County, Georgia, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Dodge County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Dodge County page is their frame: 19,925 residents, 5,870 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.