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Harris County, Georgia
5,237 Black residents · 15.1% of the county · ranked 78 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
The gazetteer enters Harris County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 34,668 in 2020, with 5,237 Black residents counted alone — 15.1% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 34,668 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,237 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 15.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 78 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 Harris County: 5,506 Black residents in 2010, 5,237 in 2020 — declined by 4.9% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 17.2% to 15.1%.
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; Harris County holds 5,237 of it, rank 78 in the state's order. The county page for Harris County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Harris County, Georgia, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Harris County page gives the frame they stand in: 34,668 residents in all, 5,237 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.