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Henry County, Georgia

118,124 Black residents · 49.1% of the county · ranked 6 of 159 in Georgia by Black population

In Henry County, Georgia, the 2020 Census counted 240,712 people, 118,124 of them Black alone. At 49.1%, Henry County's Black share stands against the state's 31.0% — the comparison this entry is built around.

Black share of state population — Georgia highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

Measure	Figure
Total population, 2020	240,712
Black residents (alone), 2020	118,124
Black share of the county, 2020	49.1%
Rank by Black population among Georgia counties	6 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

In 2010 Henry County counted 75,277 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 118,124. The population grew by 56.9% across the decade, and the Black share in Henry County moved from 36.9% to 49.1%.

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; Henry County holds 118,124 of it, rank 6 in the state's order. The county page for Henry County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Henry 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 Henry County page is their frame: 240,712 residents, 118,124 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.