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Lynchburg city, Virginia
21,453 Black residents · 27.2% of the county · ranked 20 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
In Lynchburg city, Virginia, the 2020 Census counted 79,009 people, 21,453 of them Black alone. At 27.2%, Lynchburg city's Black share stands against the state's 18.6% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 79,009 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 21,453 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 27.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 20 of 133 |
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 Lynchburg city counted 22,140 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 21,453. The population declined by 3.1% across the decade, and the Black share in Lynchburg city moved from 29.3% to 27.2%.
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 1.6 million is spread across 133 counties and county equivalents; Lynchburg city holds 21,453 of it, rank 20 in the state's order. The county page for Lynchburg city carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Lynchburg city, Virginia, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Lynchburg city page gives the frame they stand in: 79,009 residents in all, 21,453 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.