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Monroe County, Alabama
8,299 Black residents · 42.0% of the county · ranked 35 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
In Monroe County, Alabama, the 2020 Census counted 19,772 people, 8,299 of them Black alone. At 42.0%, Monroe County's Black share stands against the state's 25.8% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 19,772 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,299 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 42.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 35 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
In 2010 Monroe County counted 9,614 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 8,299. The population declined by 13.7% across the decade, and the Black share in Monroe County moved from 41.7% to 42.0%.
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
Monroe County is one of 67 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Alabama. Together they hold the state's 1.3 million Black residents, and Monroe County's 8,299 of them give it rank 35 of 67 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 Monroe County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Monroe 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 Monroe County page is their frame: 19,772 residents, 8,299 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.