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Douglas County, Georgia
69,870 Black residents · 48.4% of the county · ranked 11 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
The gazetteer enters Douglas County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 144,237 in 2020, with 69,870 Black residents counted alone — 48.4% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 144,237 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 69,870 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 48.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 11 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 Douglas County: 52,290 Black residents in 2010, 69,870 in 2020 — grew by 33.6% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 39.5% to 48.4%.
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
Douglas 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 Douglas County's 69,870 of them give it rank 11 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 Douglas County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Douglas County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Douglas County page holds the frame around them — 144,237 people in all, 69,870 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.