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Glynn County, Georgia

20,676 Black residents · 24.5% of the county · ranked 27 of 159 in Georgia by Black population

The gazetteer enters Glynn County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 84,499 in 2020, with 20,676 Black residents counted alone — 24.5% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.

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Black share of state population — Georgia highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202084,499
Black residents (alone), 202020,676
Black share of the county, 202024.5%
Rank by Black population among Georgia counties27 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 Glynn County: 20,726 Black residents in 2010, 20,676 in 2020 — declined by 0.2% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 26.0% to 24.5%.

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; Glynn County holds 20,676 of it, rank 27 in the state's order. The county page for Glynn County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Glynn 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 Glynn County page is their frame: 84,499 residents, 20,676 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.