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Greene County, Georgia
5,810 Black residents · 30.7% of the county · ranked 69 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Greene County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Greene County held 18,915 residents in all, of whom 5,810 — 30.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 18,915 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,810 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 30.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 69 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 Greene County: 6,105 Black residents in 2010 and 5,810 in 2020. The population declined by 4.8%, and the Black share in Greene County moved from 38.2% to 30.7%.
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
The state's Black population of 3.3 million is spread across 159 counties and county equivalents; Greene County holds 5,810 of it, rank 69 in the state's order. The county page for Greene County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Greene County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Greene County page holds the frame around them — 18,915 people in all, 5,810 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.