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Dougherty County, Georgia
59,988 Black residents · 69.9% of the county · ranked 12 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
The gazetteer enters Dougherty County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 85,790 in 2020, with 59,988 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 | 85,790 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 59,988 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 69.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 12 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 Dougherty County: 63,470 Black residents in 2010, 59,988 in 2020 — declined by 5.5% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 67.1% 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
Dougherty County is one of 159 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Georgia. Together they hold the state's 3.3 million Black residents, and Dougherty County's 59,988 of them give it rank 12 of 159 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Dougherty County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Dougherty County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Dougherty County page holds the frame around them — 85,790 people in all, 59,988 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.