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Fredericksburg city, Virginia
6,135 Black residents · 21.9% of the county · ranked 42 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Fredericksburg city is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Fredericksburg city held 27,982 residents in all, of whom 6,135 — 21.9% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 27,982 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 6,135 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 21.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 42 of 133 |
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 Fredericksburg city: 5,498 Black residents in 2010 and 6,135 in 2020. The population grew by 11.6%, and the Black share in Fredericksburg city moved from 22.6% to 21.9%.
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
Fredericksburg city is one of 133 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Virginia. Together they hold the state's 1.6 million Black residents, and Fredericksburg city's 6,135 of them give it rank 42 of 133 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 Fredericksburg city are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Fredericksburg city's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Fredericksburg city page holds the frame around them — 27,982 people in all, 6,135 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.