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James City County, Virginia
10,028 Black residents · 12.8% of the county · ranked 27 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
James City County is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, James City County held 78,254 residents in all, of whom 10,028 — 12.8% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 78,254 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,028 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 12.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 27 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 James City County: 8,805 Black residents in 2010 and 10,028 in 2020. The population grew by 13.9%, and the Black share in James City County moved from 13.1% to 12.8%.
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, James City County among them; it stands 27 by Black population, with 10,028 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 James City County, Virginia, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black James City County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The James City County page holds the frame around them — 78,254 people in all, 10,028 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.