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Elmore County, Alabama
18,211 Black residents · 20.7% of the county · ranked 14 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
Elmore County is a Alabama county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Elmore County held 87,977 residents in all, of whom 18,211 — 20.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 87,977 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 18,211 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 20.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 14 of 67 |
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 two-census record for Elmore County: 15,900 Black residents in 2010 and 18,211 in 2020. The population grew by 14.5%, and the Black share in Elmore County moved from 20.0% to 20.7%.
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
Within Alabama, the Census Bureau counts 67 counties and county equivalents, Elmore County among them; it stands 14 by Black population, with 18,211 Black residents of the state's 1.3 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 Elmore County, Alabama, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Elmore County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Elmore County page holds the frame around them — 87,977 people in all, 18,211 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.