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Halifax County, Virginia
11,791 Black residents · 34.7% of the county · ranked 24 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Halifax County is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Halifax County held 34,022 residents in all, of whom 11,791 — 34.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 34,022 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,791 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 34.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 24 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 Halifax County: 13,293 Black residents in 2010 and 11,791 in 2020. The population declined by 11.3%, and the Black share in Halifax County moved from 36.7% to 34.7%.
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 1.6 million is spread across 133 counties and county equivalents; Halifax County holds 11,791 of it, rank 24 in the state's order. The county page for Halifax County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Halifax 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 Halifax County page is their frame: 34,022 residents, 11,791 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.