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Hopewell city, Virginia
9,852 Black residents · 42.8% of the county · ranked 29 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Hopewell city is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Hopewell city held 23,033 residents in all, of whom 9,852 — 42.8% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 23,033 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,852 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 42.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 29 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 Hopewell city: 8,367 Black residents in 2010 and 9,852 in 2020. The population grew by 17.7%, and the Black share in Hopewell city moved from 37.0% to 42.8%.
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
Within Virginia, the Census Bureau counts 133 counties and county equivalents, Hopewell city among them; it stands 29 by Black population, with 9,852 Black residents of the state's 1.6 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Hopewell city, Virginia, exactly as published.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Hopewell city, Virginia, 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 Hopewell city page gives the frame they stand in: 23,033 residents in all, 9,852 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.