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Hampton city, Virginia
67,915 Black residents · 49.5% of the county · ranked 10 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
In Hampton city, Virginia, the 2020 Census counted 137,148 people, 67,915 of them Black alone. At 49.5%, Hampton city's Black share stands against the state's 18.6% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 137,148 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 67,915 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 49.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 10 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
In 2010 Hampton city counted 68,104 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 67,915. The population declined by 0.3% across the decade, and the Black share in Hampton city moved from 49.6% to 49.5%.
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
Hampton 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 Hampton city's 67,915 of them give it rank 10 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 Hampton city are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Hampton city's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Hampton city page holds the frame around them — 137,148 people in all, 67,915 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.