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Houston County, Alabama
28,408 Black residents · 26.5% of the county · ranked 8 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
Houston County is a Alabama county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Houston County held 107,202 residents in all, of whom 28,408 — 26.5% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 107,202 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 28,408 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 26.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 8 of 67 |
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 Houston County: 26,176 Black residents in 2010 and 28,408 in 2020. The population grew by 8.5%, and the Black share in Houston County moved from 25.8% to 26.5%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.3 million is spread across 67 counties and county equivalents; Houston County holds 28,408 of it, rank 8 in the state's order. The county page for Houston County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Houston 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 Houston County page is their frame: 107,202 residents, 28,408 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.