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Madison County, Alabama
92,066 Black residents · 23.7% of the county · ranked 4 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
The gazetteer enters Madison County, Alabama, on its published figures: a total population of 388,153 in 2020, with 92,066 Black residents counted alone — 23.7% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 388,153 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 92,066 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 23.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 4 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 published record across two censuses for Madison County: 80,376 Black residents in 2010, 92,066 in 2020 — grew by 14.5% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 24.0% to 23.7%.
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 1.3 million is spread across 67 counties and county equivalents; Madison County holds 92,066 of it, rank 4 in the state's order. The county page for Madison County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Madison County, Alabama, 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 Madison County page gives the frame they stand in: 388,153 residents in all, 92,066 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.