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Lowndes County, Alabama
7,192 Black residents · 69.8% of the county · ranked 39 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
Lowndes County is a Alabama county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Lowndes County held 10,311 residents in all, of whom 7,192 — 69.8% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 10,311 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,192 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 69.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 39 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 Lowndes County: 8,310 Black residents in 2010 and 7,192 in 2020. The population declined by 13.5%, and the Black share in Lowndes County moved from 73.5% to 69.8%.
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 Alabama, the Census Bureau counts 67 counties and county equivalents, Lowndes County among them; it stands 39 by Black population, with 7,192 Black residents of the state's 1.3 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 Lowndes County, Alabama, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Lowndes County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Lowndes County page holds the frame around them — 10,311 people in all, 7,192 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.