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Laurens County, Georgia
18,332 Black residents · 37.0% of the county · ranked 29 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Laurens County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Laurens County held 49,570 residents in all, of whom 18,332 — 37.0% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 49,570 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 18,332 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 37.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 29 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
The two-census record for Laurens County: 17,324 Black residents in 2010 and 18,332 in 2020. The population grew by 5.8%, and the Black share in Laurens County moved from 35.8% to 37.0%.
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
Laurens 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 Laurens County's 18,332 of them give it rank 29 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 Laurens County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Laurens County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Laurens County page holds the frame around them — 49,570 people in all, 18,332 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.