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Jefferson County, Georgia
7,976 Black residents · 50.8% of the county · ranked 52 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
In Jefferson County, Georgia, the 2020 Census counted 15,709 people, 7,976 of them Black alone. At 50.8%, Jefferson County's Black share stands against the state's 31.0% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 15,709 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,976 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 50.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 52 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 Jefferson County counted 9,213 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 7,976. The population declined by 13.4% across the decade, and the Black share in Jefferson County moved from 54.4% to 50.8%.
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
Jefferson County is one of 159 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Georgia. Together they hold the state's 3.3 million Black residents, and Jefferson County's 7,976 of them give it rank 52 of 159 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Jefferson County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Jefferson County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Jefferson County page holds the frame around them — 15,709 people in all, 7,976 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.