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Hancock County, Georgia
6,028 Black residents · 69.0% of the county · ranked 65 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Hancock County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Hancock County held 8,735 residents in all, of whom 6,028 — 69.0% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 8,735 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 6,028 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 69.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 65 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 Hancock County: 6,983 Black residents in 2010 and 6,028 in 2020. The population declined by 13.7%, and the Black share in Hancock County moved from 74.1% to 69.0%.
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
Hancock County is one of 159 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Georgia. Together they hold the state's 3.3 million Black residents, and Hancock County's 6,028 of them give it rank 65 of 159 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 Hancock County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Hancock County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Hancock County page holds the frame around them — 8,735 people in all, 6,028 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.