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Fayette County, Georgia
29,559 Black residents · 24.8% of the county · ranked 19 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Fayette County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Fayette County held 119,194 residents in all, of whom 29,559 — 24.8% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 119,194 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 29,559 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 24.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 19 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 two-census record for Fayette County: 21,395 Black residents in 2010 and 29,559 in 2020. The population grew by 38.2%, and the Black share in Fayette County moved from 20.1% to 24.8%.
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
The state's Black population of 3.3 million is spread across 159 counties and county equivalents; Fayette County holds 29,559 of it, rank 19 in the state's order. The county page for Fayette County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Fayette 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 Fayette County page is their frame: 119,194 residents, 29,559 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.