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Escambia County, Alabama
10,991 Black residents · 29.9% of the county · ranked 23 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
The gazetteer enters Escambia County, Alabama, on its published figures: a total population of 36,757 in 2020, with 10,991 Black residents counted alone — 29.9% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 36,757 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,991 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 29.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 23 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 published record across two censuses for Escambia County: 12,220 Black residents in 2010, 10,991 in 2020 — declined by 10.1% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 31.9% to 29.9%.
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
Escambia County is one of 67 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Alabama. Together they hold the state's 1.3 million Black residents, and Escambia County's 10,991 of them give it rank 23 of 67 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 Escambia County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Escambia County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Escambia County page holds the frame around them — 36,757 people in all, 10,991 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.