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Jefferson County, Kentucky
168,910 Black residents · 21.6% of the county · ranked 1 of 120 in Kentucky by Black population
Jefferson County is a Kentucky county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Jefferson County held 782,969 residents in all, of whom 168,910 — 21.6% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 782,969 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 168,910 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 21.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Kentucky counties | 1 of 120 |
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 Jefferson County: 154,246 Black residents in 2010 and 168,910 in 2020. The population grew by 9.5%, and the Black share in Jefferson County moved from 20.8% to 21.6%.
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 Kentucky, the Census Bureau counts 120 counties and county equivalents, Jefferson County among them; it stands 1 by Black population, with 168,910 Black residents of the state's 362,417. 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 Jefferson County, Kentucky, exactly as published.
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 — 782,969 people in all, 168,910 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.