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Lowndes County, Georgia
44,434 Black residents · 37.6% of the county · ranked 16 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Lowndes County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Lowndes County held 118,251 residents in all, of whom 44,434 — 37.6% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 118,251 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 44,434 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 37.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 16 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 Lowndes County: 39,142 Black residents in 2010 and 44,434 in 2020. The population grew by 13.5%, and the Black share in Lowndes County moved from 35.8% to 37.6%.
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
The state's Black population of 3.3 million is spread across 159 counties and county equivalents; Lowndes County holds 44,434 of it, rank 16 in the state's order. The county page for Lowndes County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Lowndes County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Lowndes County page is their frame: 118,251 residents, 44,434 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.